Posted by psychosage on May 28, 2004, at 14:41:54
In reply to Suggesting Meds to pdocs, posted by Ann Marie T. on May 28, 2004, at 13:40:48
linkadge,
you sound clever enough to act modest and humble, so be your own diplomat and ask for whatever med you desire but sprinkle some sugar on your request.
Not all doctors are the same, and I made an overt request for Effexor a month ago, and my pdoc thought it was a good idea.
My last pdoc let me choose whatever I wanted since I had tried so many. The truth is that they go by trial and error according to drug class, and when you have a record of going through most of the drugs in a certain class you have to be given an alternative option and that includes off label uses for drugs like selegiline.
I know you are depressed at the moment, so good luck.
I am not sure if you can have serotonin syndrome with hypothermia as opposed to hyperthermia, but I think I experienced it.
Keep writing to the board and hopefully, your willingness will grow despite discouraging past experiences.
Go to an emergency room if you are feeling like hurting yourself.
Yours,
Psychosage
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