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Re: Anyone? » Kristi

Posted by JahL on May 18, 2001, at 20:14:43

In reply to Re: Anyone? » JahL, posted by Kristi on May 18, 2001, at 19:24:22


> > I love your little smiley when I said I've been doing better with therapy and odd balls ways. Been there?

Got the T-shirt. It was the 'odd-ball' bit. It's how I tend to rgd psychotherapy & many of its exponents(some of the most socially dysfunctional individuals I have come across have been therapists!).

> > I guess my problem could be as a result of unresolved depression. Quick self assesment of me. I lost my mom to suicide last year...

Sorry. Can't have helped. Increase in depression due to this=increase in symptoms, of which one is fatigue?

> >depression definately runs in my family. And oh yes.... was very depressed over that. I started getting prescribed AD's. They didn't really seem to help me tho anyway. All I really noticed(tried 4) were the side effects.

Same. ADs have *worsened* my condition.

> > Are there any stimulants that you don't have to take religiously every day?

Not that I'm aware of. I'm not sure stims are yr next port of call. Using amphetamines for 'energy' is generally a bad call (& I speak as a former base-head).

> > My brothers are both street drug users...

Me & my 2 brothers all have a propensity to 'abuse' substances, mostly alcohol in their case, everything in mine! (only touch pot now)

> >and I've seen them slowly go downhill.. and my mother, god rest her soul, was on Ad's.... sister on prozac..

Looks like a strong biological element to yr depression. Suggests to me that physical (ie meds) as well as psychological treatment is in order.

> > I have many friends.... people are always telling me I smile to much.... :-)

I used to have a couple of female friends constantly taking the p*ss because I *never* smile. Except in print :-)

> >I am so Tired. I hear alot about chronic fatigue syndrome. I guess that could be a logical conclusion...

Hadn't thought about that. Could be worth checking out. Wld involve meds tho'.

The only other thing that crosses my mind is some kind of soft Bipolar, given the family history, substance abuse & *worsening* on ADs. I'm just relating things to my own case. Me, & a lot of my family seem plain old depressed (but have the substance abuse, agitation, explosive tempers that can be BP symptoms), but my brief episodes of r. cycling & hypomania on SSRIs cld suggest soft BP III. Anyway, ignore my armchair analysis. The point I'm getting to is; have you tried mood-stabilizers? They provide me with a safety-net & improve my cognition a little. A lot of AD-failure people report benefit from AEDs.

Just a coupla ideas to bounce off yr pdoc.

J


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