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Posted by qwerty6400 on April 12, 2003, at 16:56:55
I have had severe depression for the last two and a half years. It started when I began taking high doses of herbal antidepressants, and got signinficantly worse after I started an SSRI. I have tried all the SSRIs except for Luvox. I also tried Wellbutrin and Effexor. They either didn't work at all (after six weeks at the recommended dose) or gave me really bad psychiatric side effects. I decided to take six months off all medicine, since the problems began when I started it. It is now the fifth month and no progress so far, I feel exactly the same as I did on the medicines. What are my options now, besides suicide?
Also, a month or so after I began my first SSRI, this feeling of pressure developed above my left ear. It changes a lot, but it has been there, and sometimes on the right side as well, in some shape or form, ever since. It is pretty strong. I got an MRI hoping that would tell me something about it, but it didn't find anything abnormal.
Posted by coral on April 12, 2003, at 18:41:08
In reply to depression feeling of pressure above left ear, posted by qwerty6400 on April 12, 2003, at 16:56:55
Dear Qwerty,
How long are you staying on the AD's? It took me eight months of titrating to get to a therapeutic dose of Zoloft and six months at that level for it to break through the depression.
Like you, the herbal anti-depressants made things worse . . . valerian, st johns wort, etc.
Posted by qwerty6400 on April 12, 2003, at 23:08:15
In reply to Re: depression feeling of pressure above left ear, posted by coral on April 12, 2003, at 18:41:08
Good God.....a year and two months? I am not willing to wait that long. I took several for 8 weeks at the highest recommended dose. A lot of people say that, that I need to stick with the medications for longer....but it's just too hard, it isn't worth it.
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