Posted by BarbaraCat on March 20, 2003, at 13:12:56
In reply to Add, Add, Add, posted by Krissy P on March 20, 2003, at 0:41:39
I know your frustration with this. No one seems to know why these meds work in the first place, only theories. Just as no one knows what depression, etc., is really caused by. So much of the medication merry go round is hit or miss. From what I read here on this board, it's rare that anyone finds the perfect med the first time, or if they do, the effect poops out. So add another to the pile of pills. Pdocs are frustrated with this as well. Seems the only happy campers are the pharmaceutical companies.
I was lamenting this with my pdoc and wondering why we can't do a SPECT scan or blood test and just zero in on the disfunction. He said that there's nothing so far that's dependable and it's too expensive and inaccurate for insurance companies to foot the bill. But, he said that we're learning so much with the DNA mapping project and the rumor is that in the next few years we'll probably see a DNA test that will be far more accurate. So until then it's like a crap shoot. BTW, milk thistle herb (silymarin) has gotten good press all around for liver support. It's regenerated livers that were being destroyed by mushroom poisoning. We need to consider the hits our livers are taking with all these meds and do what we can to take care of them.
> Why does it always have to be add this, add that, to make a med work?? Adding so much is toxic. A med is solely used alone to supposedly work on the specific problem they manufacturer it for. Such poisons to our system, I'd rather die at the moment.
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> Why do you want to increase, are you not getting good antidepressant results from lamictal? I've heard of people going up to 400mg and above, but perhaps you need to add another class of med if you're not quite getting there.
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