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Re: I hear ya bro!! » Zo

Posted by Bob on March 28, 2002, at 13:20:12

In reply to Re: I hear ya bro!! » jay, posted by Zo on March 28, 2002, at 8:11:19

> Well, THAT'S depression talking. You are depressed, child. List me all your meds. We can do waaay better than that.
>
> Zo

I'm not so sure, Zo. I've been on well over 20 psychotropics with from bad to worse luck. The only class I haven't dabbled in is MAOIs, and I honestly don't think I could survive the washout period. From past experience I would become very suicidal, very quickly. I have no desire to spend a month in a hospital wanting to die every second only to find out that MAOIs aren't any better than what I've tried. Then I'd have to go through another washout period to get off of them.

I've been on every SSRI, Effexor, Anafranil, Depakote, stimulants, Tegretol, Trileptal, Lamictal, and Topomax. That last one very nearly killed me. I've also tried many other meds, including Lithium although not for extremely long trials (only about a month or so). Many of the meds I've tried for several months at a minimum, and some for up to two years. It's been 10 years of this.

I'm currently squeaking by on Celexa and Klonopin, and am contemplating ECT. I now fear new drug trials and the transition periods that they bring. I can't afford another fantastic failure of a drug trial.

 

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