Posted by JohnL on January 8, 2001, at 5:16:03
In reply to response to meds in general, posted by Bob on January 7, 2001, at 21:53:56
Bob,
I have experienced exactly the same thing with a lot of different drugs. Antidepressants and St Johnswort usually do it. There are some esteemed scholarly experts here who could probably explain in intricate detail why this happens. Yet I agree with a previous post that it is more speculation than fact. If we truly knew the facts, it wouldn't be such a hit-and-miss game.I have no idea what the explanations are for the experiences you've had, or I've had. I know some would say that this indicates a bipolar dysfunction, and that little bouts of hypomania are being triggered. But several popular mood stabilizers proved useless to me, so I'm not so sure about that theory. I can tell you though that my experiences were identical to yours. And I can tell you that the drugs that ended up working very well for me are Adrafinil (not Anafranil) and Amisulpride. Could there be a predictive value here? Would this mean that you too would respond to these? I don't know. But it's quite possible, especially considering the numerous drugs that have not worked well for you. That too sounds exactly like my history.
You might want to do a search on Adrafinil, and another one on Amisulpride. Try searches on several different search engines, because you'll get more information that way. For example, try Google, Alta Vista, GoTo, Excite, Yahoo, etc. There is a lot of info at one search engine that you won't find at another, and vica versa. Both drugs are easily, quickly, and legally mailordered from Europe, where they are as popular there as Prozac is here. If interested, let me know and I'll supply you with the best places to order from.
John
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