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Dont know if anyone remembers me...?

Posted by banga on November 21, 2007, at 21:47:25

Hi,

I recognize a few names out there, I dont know if anyone remembers me, I used to post quite a bit in 2004/2005?
It is nice to see some "familiar faces" and nice to see there are so many I dont know --babble is certainly still going! I do miss it, it was of such support to me back then. I do have questions in terms of where some of the people I knew back then have gone, how they have been doing...but specifically given the help I received from him I really want to know...where is ed_uk?

I in a nutshell recuperated quite well from a very treatment-resistant (atypical) depression/anxiety mix. Though I have had ups and downs certainly, I have been doing well in general and was able to slowly turn my life around, from having little hope and severe duldrums, to a life with career and two kids even. My mix of meds currently, with minor tweaks over the years, has been the following (the most likely benefit written in parentheses:

Desipramine 100mg ( for depression)
Lamictal 200mg (for dep and stability and seems to somehow boost the mix)
Abilify 5mg (for anxiety..perhaps depression too)
Adderall 30mg (for general apathy, perhaps a touch of ADHD?)

On occasion I have added a benzo, just for short-term use when anxiety comes back and becomes crippling. Luvox was once a part of the mix and helped anxiety, on occasion I wonder about adding some back but it sometimes starts out with a paradoxical anxiety rush, plus interferes with the breakdown of so many things (including coffee, another staple in my "mdeication" regimen!) I decided to drop it.

I tried many meds and combinations prior to this mix, with either only short term benefit or no benefit at all.
I do sometimes wonder if I have been just slightly emotionally dulled with the meds, but it is a small price to pay for getting so much better.

I will end, lest the post get way too long...but just a general message--there truly can be a way out from suffering, it can take lots of time and trial and error, but if you make it, it is so, so, so worth it. Hang in there.


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