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Posted by paxvox on July 27, 2001, at 10:42:26
So anyways, I've been taking meds for about 10 years now for depression. Have run the gamut from tricyclics to SSRIs to Wellbutrin. Prozac seemed ok for awhile, but "pooped out" as y'all call it about 5 years ago.
GP Docs go with the standard fair, so I went back to the PDOC. This guy is clearly a pyschopharmacologist, using VERY limited supportive therapy. His diagnosis has ranged from adult ADD to GAD to OCD to God knows what. I have had sleep problems forever it seems. He has tried all the antiseizure meds ( Topamax, Neurontin,Depakote) as well as trazadone (which worked ok for a bit). And of course the benzos. He was trying to get me off Tranzene with Depakote, but I HATE how Depakote makes me feel. He seems to think I have a tolerance to Tranzene now (please! it's been over 2 years, and I have been on the same dosing, I would have become tolerant quite some time ago). Why do ALL Docs seem to fear someone getting "hooked" on a med if that med helps them function at a level far beyond the consequences of being med-reliant? If it's a brain chemical thing with the Wellbutrin (my guy loves the GABA deal) then why is it a problem with the Tranzene if that "corrects" a chemical imbalance? The duality is confusing, and frustrating. Any help here?
Posted by Zo on July 27, 2001, at 23:30:08
In reply to Is it all just brain chemistry?, posted by paxvox on July 27, 2001, at 10:42:26
All these docs who want to "take people off" meds for no good reason except some attitude or belief of their own -- I don't get it. And I would see a pdoc who is oriented to *you,* to his patients, not his own head.
Zo
Posted by paxvox on July 28, 2001, at 20:13:51
In reply to Re: Is it all just brain chemistry? » paxvox, posted by Zo on July 27, 2001, at 23:30:08
True. I thought my PDOC had a fairly good "trust" of my understanding of my treatment. However, when I only see him avery 4 months for med follow-ups, I can see where his memory might get a tad rusty about every patient's histories.
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