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Re: Update: very very very very very long

Posted by Lorraine on June 9, 2001, at 23:09:37

In reply to Re: Update: very very very very very long » shelliR, posted by Elizabeth on June 9, 2001, at 22:25:02

Shelli, Elizabeth:


Elizabeth: I just wanted to say how much I enjoy your posts. Sooo thought out and intelligent, yet compassionate. Really great to see your posts.

Shelli: Just my 2 cents, Selegiline makes me a bit edgy and I think heightens my anxiety. (My dose of Selegiline is 10mg/ day. I've decreased it to 5mg/day when I get too aggitated. I'm very sensitive to meds generally.) I am very reluctant to give it up though because I find it's cognitive effects (really helps me think and focus) unparalleled. It has not had an antidepressant effect, the Neurontin has provided that. I also take it with Adderral. I am not home free on this combo. I adjust doses every other day or so trying to get it right. And then the anxiety piece remains to be solved. As I mentioned in another post to you, I am trying Neurofeedback. We will see if it is worthwhile or hogwash. I did run into another patient leaving with me the other day and he said "isn't is great! I came in with depression and panic attacks and I haven't felt this good in 24 years." Well, needless to say, that gave me hope. But, who knows with this sort of stuff. Anyway, I feel like so much of this med thing is roll of the dice. 96 combos to try that might work, what are the odds that we choose the right one, at the right dose, and give it enough time? Especially if you are treatment resistant--are actually, in my case, just get so many side effects and have fairly high standards on what side effects are acceptable. Weight and sexual dysfunction don't work for me as side effects, I'm sorry. It's a pretty big chunk of life to be asked to give up, and I believe that it is pretty easy for doctors who are not depressed to press for results that diminish the quality of life substantially. (It actually makes me hopping mad.)


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