Posted by Rob Hallett on May 19, 2002, at 2:21:34
I wonder if anyone could offer information around what medications may have helped them get out of a short-cycling and apparently unipolar depression phase?
I'm currently on a combined therapy of 375mg venlafaxine and 45mg mirtazapine (Zispin in the UK). The cycle I'm talking about is one where I'm pretty low & withdrawn & with little energy & poor cognitive ability for about 2.5 days. I then fairly quickly come up to ok functioning, with reasonable energy etc for another 2 to 2.5 days before then dropping back to the first state. I do not have a bi-polar diagnosis and have not experienced abnormal highs or "manic" episodes.
Can anyone relate to this from their own experience and say how theirs was resolved, and through what medication?
I have had a co-morbid chronic migraine syndrome
which only became managed in August last year through taking pizotifen(Sanomigran in UK)nightly. That has proved to be really effective .My history prior to the onset of the major depression (much of which has remitted) was of experiencing what probably amounted to traumatic stress levels over prolonged periods through gross work overload.
I need someone (or two!) who has been through this sort of short cycle to tell me there's a way out...........and how long it may take?Thanks,
Rob
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