Posted by Jenbracha on May 11, 2005, at 19:43:50
In reply to SAM-e and Aricept update » SLS, posted by Emme on July 14, 2004, at 8:13:58
Emme,
Any update on the Aricept? Can you share your current experiences on it?
I have been dealing with refractory bipolar and OCD and no meds have helped (only hurt). My doc is now prescribing Aricept to help with my hypervigilent brain and OCD elements of my bipolar and also says it could help with the depression. I am trying to gather as much info as possible before I start the med.
Much thanks,
Jen
> Hi Scott,
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> Well, my mood is holding in that the depression isn't too bad. I'm still trying aricept. But my energy mojo is going a little wonky. I'm jumping out of my skin. My instict is telling me to drop the SAM-e for the moment and up the anti-anxiety things. It's almost like I've been "toggled" into increased jitteriness. Plus, I'm having er...internal disturbances in the digestive tract. The "Emme state" is so unpredictable.
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> I seee from your other posts that you're feeling pretty discouraged. It's kind of you to try so hard to be responsive to everyone else even while you feel awful. All I can say is the cliched "hang in there". Even if there's a long-term course to a mood disorder and physiologic brain changes typically associated with it, that doesn't say anything about the state of *your* brain or its fate. It's not a foregone conclusion that you won't be able to ultimately thrive and achieve a good life. I always remind myself of people like Winston Churchilll, Abraham Lincoln, Kay Jamison, etc. If they can do it, there will come a day when you can do it. Okay, that's my very sappy pep talk for today.
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> > Maybe you ought not to change things. Perhaps your irritability is actually the beginnings of an antidepressant response. It can happen that way. I don't know. I wouldn't want you to risk your good response to whatever it is that's working right now.
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> > I'll be seeing my doctor next week. I won't know about duloxetine until then.
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> > - Scott
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