Posted by quilter on October 28, 2000, at 1:41:31
In reply to Re: labels » Ted, posted by allisonm on October 26, 2000, at 18:55:43
Have you tried any of the tricyclic ADs? I would go through several of them before trying a MAOI. There are also several augmentation strategies that you don't mention trying. Have you tried seeing an endocrinologist to be sure that your thyroid is not a factor in your depression? Are you seeing a therapist? This part of depression can be helped by a frank discussion of the hopelessness these labels have evoked in you.
One of the most encouraging things for me was having a pdoc point out that when combinations of meds are considered, there are thousands of possibilities that things can get better. As you said "better" is a relative term. Depression will wax and wane over the months and years. I hope you will try to think of diagnoses as snapshots describing how you are now, not solid predictions of what lies ahead.
Oh dear... I'm preaching again, forgive me. Quilter
poster:quilter
thread:1587
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20001011/msgs/1751.html