Posted by LostBoyinNCBecksDark on October 11, 2007, at 18:32:28
In reply to Re: You people are suckers, posted by d0pamine on October 11, 2007, at 6:28:23
> Not that you don't make some valid points, but I'm amazed that you followed up all that ranting by noting that you still take an SSRI. You could likely cut back on the hormones if you stopped overdriving your serotonin levels, or if that doesn't take care of it, and unless you don't have any nads, I'd look into the medical condition behind why you can't produce enough testosterone. There are numerous studies that indicate that alcohol consumption significantly decreases testosterone levels (and increases estrogen (ugh)). As far as the apnea goes, you'd likely see a great deal of improvement from less youtube and more exercise. With less booze alone, you and yer nads both might wake up and find you feel pretty dang good one day. Best of luck!
I'm already feeling good again, but it only happened AFTER I expanded my horizons, got a clue, and stopped expecting results from the endless psychiatric medication merry go round. More Pdocs should be referring their treatment resistant patients to specialists for tests to rule out things like sleep disorders like sleep apnea, hypogonadism, etc.
Once in a while I come to these boards now to lurk and I think how stupid I used to be because I actually BELIEVED in psychopharmacology! LOL What happened to me is, 1) I got diagnosed with secondary hypogonadism but only after pushing my primary care doctor to test me. The hypogonadism has since been confirmed by two other doctors, one an endocrinology specialist.
Now, my doctors PUSH me to take testosterone!
The second thing that happened, was a pulmonary doctor decided on his own, to treat me for obstructive sleep apnea. I had already been diagnosed with OSA since 2000, but the doctors I was using were jerky and wouldnt order CPAP treatment. The result was I suffered and all the psychiatry meds in the world wouldnt help me.
Once I got on CPAP, I started improving fast. Making REAL honest to gosh progress. I am way less irritable, my sleep is more restorative, Ive been able to get off klonopin since CPAP as my blood pressure dropped like crazy on CPAP. The Zoloft works way way better after CPAP.
Im just saying, if you are on the med merry go round with no success, GET A CLUE and try other stuff!
Eric
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