Posted by Michael Bell on August 30, 2010, at 18:49:15
In reply to Re:I'm convused, posted by linkadge on August 30, 2010, at 14:36:37
I agree. Look at MDMA and Ketamine, and how fast the antidepressant responses are in recent studies. Like they did with Xyrem, they will probably allow a version of the substances to be patented and sold by a pharmaceutical company. All in the name of making money. But at the same time, safety is definitely an issue. I take the exact dosage of xyrem at right before bed that the doctor prescribed, set my alarm clock and take another dosage in the middle of the night. Not really a great opportunity to tell if it has any effect on social anxiety, but I don't want to vary in dosage or timing at all, as I heard respiratory depression is a real scary side effect of this med.
> The years I have battled crappy sleep patterns from depression / insomnia cannot be recovered. Their best answer these days is still something like SSRI + zyprexa or seroquel which is still pretty crappy IMHO.
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> On these medications I can simply NEVER get deep refreshing sleep. As a result, I spent most of my time walking around like a zombie. I might as well have had narcolepsy. Amitriptyline? I NEEDED to have a 2 hour nap each afternoon or I'd colapse. Thats why most many of these meds end up just making me a zombie, you can NEVER get deep sleep.
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> I just find it kind of insulting that the effective medications get used for diseases with little lethality, wherase depressed patients with comorbid insomnia are at significantly elevated risk of suicide compared with depression minus insomnia or the normal population.
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