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Re: Amber Spirit-Doctor Martin Jenson, how's it going? » denise528

Posted by amber_spirit on September 3, 2002, at 11:46:55

In reply to Amber Spirit-Doctor Martin Jenson, how's it going?, posted by denise528 on September 2, 2002, at 12:39:15

Denise,

I've been back home since the end of July. I am a
college professor and had to get ready for classes
and try to pull my life back together.

Dr. Jensen helped me immensely in a short period
of time. I am currently on Depakote ER 1000mg (and
not gaining weight yet), Lamictal 18.75mg,
Synthroid 25mg, and Seroquel 100mg. Everything
but the lamictal was there when I left CA.

I've been doing fairly good. Things are slowly
getting better, not only the mood but I've stopped
gaining weight, my energy level is better, I'm
not retaining water, and the terrible anxiety and
agitation is gone. I've been playing with the
dosage of the lamictal on my own - it helps with
mood but also causes some increase in agitation
at the same time. So, I'm being very careful.

I wish I was closer to someone who uses his
approach - I'm worried about the fact that I
have to find a pdoc here to continue my meds and
worry that she will want to make changes since
some of his approaches are not widely accepted.
I find myself very frustrated by being told that
I just need to accept the side effects and learn
to deal with them. Dr. Jensen tried a number of
different medications to find the best match and
then went from there. So, I usually know that I
am using the med that I responded the best to and
with the least side effects.

Anyway, this is probably more than you wanted to
know. Basically, things are going well. I feel
like the meds are definitely under control even
if picking up the pieces of my life isn't! ;-)

Amber Spirit


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