Posted by ralphrost on January 31, 2007, at 21:00:02
In reply to Re: Do you have to get a lot worse before better?, posted by blueberry1 on January 31, 2007, at 15:13:21
Hello blueberry,
although I understand the way you feel when you say "Look, a med works or it doesn't, regardless of your attitude about it", I believe that your confidence on your medication/treatment is also important. Remember that our brain is a complex system with multiple feedback mechanisms that affect each other. We can certainly fight something "strange" that got into our system.
The antidepressants are thought as substances that only start the healing process. Your mind is powerful, so you can really help on this process.
I read in a book (Against Depression, Peter Kramer) that some people have spontaneous full remission while on drugs for as long as months. Just like: you're listening to music and suddenly you notice you're really enjoying it, like you used to do in the past. You noticed a big difference without expecting it.
This helps me when I think about prematurely switching a medication that is promising. Sometimes I prefer to think the drug is slowly healing me and creating an opportunity for my body to take control of my health back again. And I also try to think of how long it took for me to get sick as I currently am. The recover should take a long time too, despite our big anxiety to feel fine tomorrow.
Sorry that I don't have an answer to your question, just some thoughts. Hope they help you somehow.
Best wishes
Ralph
> Called the doc. Said the headaches needed a lot of advil. Being at work is like being car sick with nausea. Told her my depression is worse than before I started. Told her cymbalta feels like poison to me.
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> She said to lower the dose and go for another week. Seems pointless. I'm only on 8mg. She said maybe cymbalta is hitting all the right receptors but that since I am so screwed up it is going to feel miserable while things get rearranged. She also said to change my mindset and think of cymbalta as the magic one instead of poison. Yeah right. Look, a med works or it doesn't, regardless of your attitude about it.
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> She seems to ignore me when I say anything norepinephrine makes me feel like crap. She seemed to ignore that I am feeling a lot worse.
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> Disappointed and hopeless at this point.
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