Posted by Leighwit on May 9, 2002, at 9:48:20
In reply to Re: Successfully Discontinue Long Term AD Therapy?, posted by cmcdougall on May 8, 2002, at 19:28:53
Dear Carly,
If constipation is your only side effect, I say "WOW!"
That is simply fabulous, because quite frankly, you're taking a cocktail that had to have taken quite a bit of effort to put together (I've taken several cocktails myself in the past and I remember the adding and subtracting and how much work it was/is).
> I think my brain is sufficiently messed up to need meds forever. As far as feeling 100%, I feel that way now with only constipation as a side effect of my drug cocktail. I don't know how long this will last, and when my meds poop out its scary, so I enjoy today.
I don't give much credence to the latest study on placebo effect. It think it's undoubtedly a scientific trainwreck in terms of the protocol and I'm sure that will be proven and we'll hear about it a few years hence. In the meantime, most of us understand that if they are studying a valid population of major depressives, the placebo effect is secondary at best.That said, I too realize that I will probably need AD medications for the duration of my life.
The last effective "cocktail" formula I took of more than two medications together, was one I tried as a direct result of matching my symptoms up with those of someone on another medication bulletin board. He was feeling great, had a similar symptomology, a similar profile for side effects he would and wouldn't tolerate, etc., and so I printed his "list" and took it to my Pdoc. She doesn't like the internet as a reference source (I don't see her any more) but nonetheless it's how I began taking a particular formulary ~ and one that worked rather well for quite some time.
Maybe in asking the question of this thread, I was subconsciously hoping to read about someone who took ADs for a decade or so, and then was able to stop and function well without them. What difference would that make? Who knows. Why do we read biographies?
LW
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