Posted by Sigolene on January 29, 2000, at 10:32:40
In reply to Re: amisulpride and chronic fatigue, posted by andrewb on January 28, 2000, at 12:07:04
> > For the ones who tried it, does amisulpride works on chronic fatigue or not ? and about side effects ?
> > Thanks
> > Sigolene
>
> Amisulpride may help some people with chronic fatigue. It has been speculated that some of those with chronic fatigue belong to a subset of the dysthymic population. If you are indeed dysthymic, amisulpride has been shown to be quite effective for dysthymia. Personally I experienced greater energy when taking amisulpride for the first four months. Two people have told me that they had a similar energy boost when taking amisulpride. In the past I’ve had problems with exercise fatigue. Extreme physical and mental fatigue lasting 3 days followed intense exercise. Amisulpride took that away.
> Side effects? About 5% to 10% of women who take amisulpride will experience endicronological problems (such as missed menses?) due to increased prolactin levels.
> Other reasons for considering giving amisulpride a try are its relative safety and rapidness of action. If you try it you should expect to see results within 4 days.
> Reboxetine is another medicine that might help with lack of energy.
> Sigolene, are there depression discussion boards like this one on the internet in France?No. It's aboslutly different because people don't talk about medications. This field is supposed to belong to the doctor. People believe what doctors says about medications and that's all. An other point is they probably wouldn't understand such talks, if they didn't study at school or university the nervous system and the way a medication produces it's effect on neurotransmitters. Which is not the case of everyone.
But on internet, about depression, they are talking about the everydays living problems, their psychotherapy and so on. Psychiatrists in France are more trying to cure people first by understanding their problems and solve them, than giving medications. Patients prefer like this.
But for me, I prefer medication first, because I don't want to depend on someone to be able to live a "decent life".
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