Posted by Meri-Tuuli on May 14, 2006, at 14:10:12
In reply to Re: Utterly hopeless - whats left to try? Please h » Meri-Tuuli, posted by SLS on May 14, 2006, at 13:25:35
Hello again,
> I'm sorry. I guess I didn't make myself clear. Lofepramine is a prodrug. Although the lofepramine molecule itself is basically inactive, its metabolite, desipramine, is. You are basically taking desipramine when you take lofepramine.
I see!! I guess I read your first post wrong! Nevermind. Well thats good if its alerting.
> If one drug fails, sometimes the other one works.
I've never been on a TCA. So I guess lofepramine would be the first choice in my case.
> I guess. My mental state is tenuous. I have thought about suicide a few times this week.
Yeah me too :( I try and tell myself that life is an adventure, a journey - you know, its not the desination that matters, but the journey. Doesn't really help! Oh well.
Sigh. I wish we could all get better! I'm slowly begining to accept that my life will be a lifelong struggle against depression. Which is quite frightening considering I'm nearly 26! Thing is, I don't know whether to give in to it, and tailor my life to be as depression-free as possible (if that makes sense) ie don't do a masters, anything out of my comfort zone, don't get a 'professional' job etc. Or whether I should just try and if I crash and burn a few times, then so be it. At least I would have had a decent shot at something. And I would never wonder 'what if'. At the moment, I'm on course to be a lecturer's wife, which as 'comfortable' as it sounds, isn't really what I would want out of life. Oh well.
Anyway take care.
Kind regards
Meri
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