Posted by Chloe on January 21, 2002, at 20:08:53
In reply to Re: switching ADs » Chloe, posted by Shelley on January 21, 2002, at 12:54:14
Shelley,
Wow, your skin troubles sound very uncomfortable. I am sorry for you difficulty with a med that is helping you. But I can see why you would want to find an alternative.
My skin problems are dryness, flaking, and "pain" or a burning sensation. Esp. on my scalp. The dermatologist thinks it's a kind of neuropathic pain on top of chronic ezcema.Low doses of amitriptyline, a TCA, and neurontin, an AED, have helped the pain some, but it's still a problem...Esp. if I want to get on a therapeutic dose of Lithium, which really works well for me. But Lithium causes such awful scalp burning...
So...I have tried many times to go med free, only to end up needing more meds to control some major crisis. So I am trying to "tolerate" the side effects from all these psych meds, so I can marginally cope.
> > Perhaps it is best to look into alternatives and not become too dependent on the medication?
Do you have any thoughts in particular on this? ARe you talking about CBT?
Too bad you got no response from clomiprimine. Perhaps some combo of clom, and another TCA like TSA West mentioned? Do you have a good pdoc to help you through all this?Take care,
Chloe
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