Posted by spike4848 on February 23, 2002, at 20:47:37
In reply to Re: You won't believe this!, posted by OldSchool on February 23, 2002, at 19:32:49
>I just dont understand where these talk therapy/psychology people come from...do these people REALLY believe that makes serious mental illness any better?
Study after study shows moderate to severe depression does *NOT* respond to therapy .... only medication. And some of these new meds are terrible .... only good for those individuals with depression "light" .... the patients say they feel blue or that they cried twice last week because their cat died. Real Depression is inability to feel ANYTHING, retarded motor activity, insomnia/hypersomnia, decrease cognition .... SSRI's/serzone won't do squat for that.
> Unfortunately while this polypharmacy stuff seems to work great for others, I have had major problems with polypharmacy and dont seem to be able to do that.
Tried effexor to 375mg .... nothing, tried lamictal .... nothing. So now I got zoloft/klonopin/neurontin combo going with about 50% relief .... added provigil to that but felt wired/panicky/then hard crash at night. My next trial will be zoloft/klonopin/neurontin with low dose selegine (MAO-B inhibition dose range). I think that combo mimics the action of nardil (zoloft for serotonin, klonopin for GABA, neurontin for GABA, seligine for dopamine and norepinephrine). After that I am throwning in the towel and going back to nardil. Unforunately with nardil I gain 30 lbs, need heavy duty sleeping pills for insomnia, become inpotent .... there goes my chances of having a normal relationship with a women .... there goes marriage. But aleast I will be back into the world and off the web.
Your Friend,Spike
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