Posted by SLS on March 26, 2014, at 14:59:13
In reply to Re: Getting TMS Now. Anybody Else?, posted by stargazer2 on March 26, 2014, at 14:25:54
> Babbler, I posted to you above. Probably makes sense to have one post to respond to. I also posted under alternative since it isn't a med but I think more see it here than over there.
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> My treatment resistent depression has had me in it's grips since I was 16 but didn't get meds until late twenties. Now 57 and with 30 years of treatment behind me I am done with most meds and hoping TMS is effective. I hope you will also see good or even better, great, results.
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> Any idea what triggered your first bout of depression? Mine was my sister's death but I think once the brain gets a jolt of a trauma like that can make you more suseptible with the a resultant neurochemical response. Not sure, just my opinion, along with genetic factors in my mother's family that have come to light over the years.
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> Stargazer
Hopefully, you won't need to open a pill bottle ever again. If you do find yourself in that situation, however, you might want to move away from a strictly unipolar treatment strategy to one that includes a bipolar spectrum. Because the trigger(s) for your depression revolve around trauma, you might consider working with prazosin in combination with drugs like Abilfy, Lamictal, and minocycline. I am still watching Latuda for how well it treats bipolar depression. I had a negative reaction to it, but I think others might do well with it. Serotonin 5-HT7 receptor antagonists, like Latuda, are observed to have antidepressant properties. In my case, I need both unipolar and bipolar medications. I am looking at Brintellix (vortioxetine), a new antidepressant, for me to try because it, too, is a 5-HT7 receptor antagonist.Good luck with the TMS.
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I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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