Posted by katz on September 15, 2002, at 11:40:44
This is for all the women out there with treatment resistant depression. It's been a couple of years since I last posted on this board and had all but given up on ever overcoming the depression, anhedonia, dysthmia & social phobia that has plagued me for years. I felt like Rip Van Winkle...unable to wake up! My brain was asleep and no matter how many stimulants I took, I could not wake up. The stimulants had no effect whatsoever until two days ago when I added edtradiol lmg. The results were magicical! Within hours of the first dose I felt like a power switch had been turned on in my brain. I had a difficult time falling asleep that night and I was up at 8:30 A.M. Typically, I am not able to get until 11:30 -l:00 in the afternoon. Today I took the ritalin along with the estradiol and for the first time can actually feel the stimulating effects of the ritalin. I'm thrilled!
Of course, this could all be a placebo effect. The results were so instantaneous that it's almost impossible to believe that this could be true so I'm keeping my fingers crossed and remaining cautiously optimistic. I may be premature in sharng this info but I'm just so happy I feel like shouting it from the rooftops!
If there are any other women who have had similar results with estrogen replacemnt, I would love to hear about it. God bless you all,
Kathy
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