Posted by Pfinstegg on May 16, 2003, at 19:07:18
In reply to Cytomel Augmenting » Pfinstegg, posted by Jack Smith on May 16, 2003, at 16:58:37
Oh no, he's a big tester! As I mentioned to Bookgurl, above, he is constantly checking the TSH, T3 and T4. He did baselines before starting, and has me repeat them every three months. If I don't go in for the tests, I can't get the meds refilled!
It's always hard to say just how one thing helps, as like most of us, I was trying to do a bunch of things at once when the depression was very severe- including fish oil, magnesium, a ton of vitamins, especially the B's and a 3-week course of TMS, which I had in January. However, I was following the severity of the depression for several months prior to having the TMS with the Beck 2 Depression Inventory, and after starting Cytomel, I went within about two days from the "severe" to the "moderate" category. This was a real change, as I had been in the "severe" for about two years, despite many extended AD trials, and after adding Cytomel, I pretty much stayed in the "moderate" category from October until the following January. When I had the TMS, I actually got to "normal", and have been pretty much that way in the four months since then. I should add that I began seeing a psychoanalyst twice a week in February who's specialty is dealing with childhood neglect and abuse issues, which I have. I hope that that will help me get solid enough not to relapse.
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