Posted by B2chica on June 8, 2011, at 8:41:37
In reply to Re: to those tx resistant..., posted by alchemy on June 7, 2011, at 17:51:55
Hi Alchemy! thanks for chiming in.
My dx bounces from psychotic depression to bipolar-Mixed.
i dont have "highs" but i have the 'aggitated and psychosis' with my severe depressive bouts. otherwise, i have standard depression the rest of the time. i think i've been dx with just about everything thats out there at one time or another! lol. The only one that's stayed the same is PTSD, and some sort of severe depression.
the one thing i love about this site is there are so many others that 'get' the med-go-round and how exhausting it can get. (though that's not really good, good. but you know what i mean)
my drug hx is very long and quite frankly i cant even remember them all without my list...the one smart thing i've done is keep track of all my med trials/dosage changes since the beginning...2003.
i think its up to about three pages long...lolim just not sure what caused that really really bad day. but i haven't been that down since. (think it was monday). i'm a little low, but nothing comparing.
could be several things but i'm not really worrying about it for now.i need to keep my anxiety in check though.
i can't seem to take mood stabilizers. have never done well on those, it seems to make me be on a bit of a roller-coaster every three days or so. up down etc.
I've always done well on stimulant ritalin or adderall. adderall best, i actually feel less of a crash with it...not sure why, everyone else i hear has more of one on it...ah well. i guess that's also why i've had such a hard time finding good meds.i do believe AP is totally the way for me. zyprexa has ALways been my saving grace. But it really only works well at 10mg and with that i was up to 184lbs. (after baby weight too).
Risperdal, did nothing for me, Abilify made me nasty angry and aggitated, geodon made me psychotic. and although at totally low dose, perphenazine is really helping with things.
not sure in my combo what's helping what, but its working well, and i'm down to 143lbs.
(my normal weight-before kids- was 135-140) so i'm almost there.
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