Posted by Lorraine on June 11, 2001, at 21:32:01
In reply to Re: stuff » Lorraine , posted by Elizabeth on June 10, 2001, at 20:41:30
> > Yeah, I have given up on the SSRIs, only had a partial response and a lot of side effects.
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> Hmm, is that better or worse than no response and no side effects? :-)I believe it's worse because you stay on the horse too long following a blind alley.
> > Celerta (sp?)
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> Concerta? (a new sustained-release formulation of methylphenidate)No, it's Cylert (pemoline). Say have you heard anything about a time release Adderral?
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> > and possibly Desoxyn (sp?)
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> methamphetamine
> (good luck)Actually, it's my pdoc that suggested it. So I can get the prescription. The question is whether I want to try it or not. In my past (long ago far away--like 30 years ago), I abused drugs. But I was never addicted and I don't think I have an addictive personality generally. The question is whether it would be a good drug to try. I think I've read about energy depletion or something like that with it.
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> > And I may go back and try Moclobemide again adding Neurontin to it this time.
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> Moclobemide? Jeez. I assume you're not in the USA. If you are, it's a waste of your energy (IMHO).I am in the USA. My pdoc writes a prescription that is then filled by a Canadian pharmacy and mailed to me. I did this before and it's not too bad. It's not covered by insurance, but Moclobemide is cheap so who cares?
Right now all of these pharmaceutical experiments are on hold while I try Neurofeedback to see if I can stabilize some subthrehold seizure-like activity that is probably causing my physical anxiety. It would be great to have a non-drug solution to at least part of the problem. The depression might remain though. I am using EEGSpectrum for this. Susan Othmer has treated 3000 patients with various ailments and I'm sure various results. Her own son had epilepsy so she was very motivated to employ Neurofeedback with him. I don't have epilepsy, but I suspect the approach is the same--train the person to narrow the volitility and variation range of alpha, beta and theta brain waves. My pdoc is a neurologist. His reading of my QEEG confirms the reading at EEGSpectrum--namely that I have a lot of spiking activity, one or two out of range spikes every 14 seconds. Those spikes destabilize me, impacting my memory, my autonomic functions (physical anxiety)and generally wreak havoc in the brain. EEGSpectrum believes that this is why I am treatment resistent. Of course, my pdoc is trying, without success so far, to treat the problem with anti-convulsants. We really do not know a lot about the brain right now. Anyway, I'm hopeful about the feedback treatment, but also know that it is experimental and may turn out to be another blind alley for me. Of course, I expect the placebo effect to at least perk things up for a little while. I'll keep you posted on progress.
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