Posted by sweetmarie on March 28, 2001, at 3:43:01
In reply to Re: treatment resistant depression » sweetmarie, posted by Christina on March 27, 2001, at 15:34:29
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> > P.S. to my previous posting.
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> > You say that you responded well to one med combo; as I`m sure I mentioned, I responded very well with Dothiepin (and saw the world in a way I`d never seen it before, it was incredible). Surely, having responded to a medication (or medications), then it shows that this is possible and the odds are in our favour in finding another. This may be convaluted logic, but it seems kind of reasonable to me.
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> > Anna.
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> Anna:
> What sort of drug is Dothiepin? Is that the Brand name? Is is something only available in the UK?
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> You mentioned that it helped you. Are you still on it?
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> I'm very curious. I've been on all sorts of med cocktails for depression, and I haven't had much luck.Christina,
Dothiepin is a tricyclic anti-depressant. It is available in the States, under the brand name Prothiedin (I think I`m right in saying). I can`t remember the generic (if that`s the correct word) name for it, but it can be easily found on one of the medication web-sites.
It was the first anti-depressant I was prescribed, and it worked for me 100%. It worked so well that, in conjunction with my GP, I came off it after a year. The depression came back almost immediately (worse than before in fact), so I went back onto it. Unfortunately, it failed to have any effect at all 2nd time around, although I persisted with it (at all levels of dosage) for a further 18 months. Since then, nothing has worked (I won`t bore you with details, but I`ve recently done a tally of all the meds I`ve been on since then and come up with the total of 12 - not including all the different permutations of those. Also ECT didn`t work). So, no I`m not still on it, but curse my folly in discontinuing it all the time. I thought I was a bit freakish that it didn`t work 2nd time (what was wrong with me? etc), but I`ve since found out that this is not uncommon at all.
Anyway, I wish you luck if you decide to give it a try.
Anna.
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