Posted by sweetmarie on April 2, 2001, at 6:31:24
In reply to Re: treatment resistant depression » phillybob, posted by sweetmarie on April 2, 2001, at 6:26:31
> > > > Have you heard of this condition? Has anyone? Any clue as to whether it could be medication related? Maybe someone else has developed the same thing?
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> > Hi, Anna. Just back from a weekend trip (or holiday as the Brits might say?). Anyway, I myself have not heard of what you are talking about but have always imagined (I'd hypothesize, but I'm not sure if I believe my imagination that strongly) that when one puts something foreign into the body (i.e. medication) that the body can and might act funky ... thus, your exacerbation of an existing problem?
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> > Anyhow, I'm glad that you have found out what the rash is. With that information, you should be able to rest much better. Now, just to get up to a therapeutic dose for an appropriate amount of time and hoping it works, eh?
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> > I myself am still only at 50 mg/day of Lamictal ... taking it very slowly. However, to help pass the time (as I build up), I've added 5mg 2 times/day of Adderal (which works well for my younger brother) and since I seemed to have some positive effects in the past with Ritalin which then petered out, I thought it was worth a shot ... so far (3 days), I'm better than I was and think my patience in building up the Lamictal will hold out.
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> > Hope you are doing well!
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> > [P.S. Just got a DVD player and am in the midst of watching Dylan's last accoustic shows in England in '65 (?) in the documentary "Don't Look Back." The intro with Subterranean Homesick Blues is worth the bucks so far! Also, got "Man in the Sand" which is a documentary on the making of the Mermaid Avenue albums which are Woody Guthrie songs sung by Billy Bragg and my fave, Wilco]
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> Phillybob
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> Thanks for your reply. I guess you could be right about the rash/whatever the hell it is. When I first went to my GP about it, she asked whether I`d just begun any different drug treatment, and I said I hadn`t. I actually don`t think I had - in fact, I think that this was PRE Lamictal. I dunno, my mind plays tricks on me since I`ve been feeling this ill (3 whole years now - I don`t know how I`ve coped! I have though). The most recent theory I`ve come up with is that the skin condidion has something to do with mood/body metabolism or something. The reason for this line of thought, is that when I was first very ill - 6 years ago (the first time that I have had to take time off work with it), I developed acne on the lower half of my face, and all over my chest (pleasant!). This cleared up when I started feeling (a tad) better. It`s all very confusing, but I`m telling myself to put it on the `back burner` until such a time as I am better (if of course this ever happens). I just really bloody hate it ... Still. That`s life.
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> [I have `Don`t Look Back` on video (it is his 1965 tour of England). Definitely worth watching - just don`t watch it too much. Did you spot Allen Ginsberg in the background of the `Subterranean Homesick Bluse` bit at the beginning? I don`t know quite why he was there ...]
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> Anna.
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> P.S. I`ve been on the `terapeutic dose` of Lamictal (250 mg) for a week and a half, and absolutely no change. Still early days I guess, and it was never intended as a medication on it`s own - i.e. it is meant as a part of a combination (Mirtazapine/Venlafaxine/Lamotragine). I was just hoping that the others would be unnecessary.p.p.s.
That should be `Subterrenean Homesick Blues` and `therapeutic`, although you probably didn`t need telling (don`t like making `typos` - bit anal retentive when it comes to spelling)
Anna.
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