Posted by allisonm on April 26, 2002, at 21:54:40
In reply to Re: Suggestion for old-timers..pls read, posted by jay on April 26, 2002, at 19:31:35
Hi Jay,
I agree with your observations that less OTs are contributing on the PB board. It IS good to give and receive. I do give, but not as often.
I have taken Remeron, Wellbutrin, Lithium, Zoloft, Effexor XR, Celexa, Serzone, and Neurontin. I am/was on Remeron, Wellbutrin and Serzone for the longest time, so am most inclined to comment on those drugs because I feel I have a fair amount of experience with them. For the others, my experiences were short-lived. I basically couldn't tolerate them and eventually got off 'em.
If I see a thread on Rem, WB, or Serzone, I usually read it. If someone already has said what I was going to say, I don't bother. If I have a different opinion, I share it. But when I see a thread that says something to the effect of "Any side-effects on ----," I do read them, but I also feel a little frustrated.
When I came to PB, Remeron was so new that only 1 or 2 people had had experience. They helped as much as they could. Now there are what feels like thousands of threads.
I usually do a fair amount of research on new drugs that my pdoc gives me. When I do that, I search the web and PB archives first to see whether my questions have been answered before. I get the feeling that no one does that anymore, or else they don't know to look, or they don't want to spend the time.
A couple of summers ago, I spent many hours compiling a page devoted Remeron and a page for Wellbutrin. There are links for them at the top of the PB page. They are fairly chock-full of information. I even did my own searches through the archives and added all of the threads I could find on the 2 drugs. Heck, I even categorized them in subjects such as "side-effects" or "use with other drugs" then listed each drug reference in a separate folder.
I did a spot check a few minutes ago, and find that most of the links still are good. There are some threads that come up 404, tho. I don't know why that is. I had planned to keep adding new threads on Rem and WB as they appeared. For some reason, I thought they would be added (my mistake). However, the threads that I did have were updated with new posts as they came in.
I don't have time anymore to go through and add the new threads to the pages, but I believe the basic information that most folks want is there.
I also feel frustrated because I don't think anyone visits those pages. They just ask the same questions over and over and over again.
So yes, I understand and agree with you. I do contribute when I can and when it might help...it's just hard sometimes when it's the 20th time and I know there is a lot of information already there that no one is bothering to look at.
poster:allisonm
thread:4613
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