Posted by loosmrbls on March 23, 2001, at 9:53:00
In reply to treatment resistant depression (part 2), posted by sweetmarie on March 22, 2001, at 7:24:44
I have a success story. After two years of being on numerous different antidepressants and combinations of them, I finally had success with celexa and lithium combined together.
I am one of those, like others I have read here, where the doctors think I may be more of a bipolar variant than a true "treatment-resistant unipolar depression."
My suggestion for people who have had poor luck with several different antidepressants and psychotherapy is to try augmenting the antidepressant with a mood-stabilizer. I know a lot of people who have had success with this. There are now 6 different medications that can be used as a mood stabilizer.
As for hope, I have been dysthymic (and hypomainc?) for years and major depressive for two years and thought nothing was going to work. So hang in there and don't give up!
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