Posted by uncouth on July 23, 2009, at 19:16:51
Hi there,
So, during college, I used to take ephedra diet pills. I did this for about 4 years straight, every day, without breaks. When I stopped, I plunged into my first real "depressive" episode -- back then, I didn't really know what depression was, so I never made the connection between my mood and the ephedra. And I wasn't feeling that "great" or satisfied with my life shall we say when on the ephedra. Nonetheless, 2 months after getting off of ephedra, I was on Effexor.
That was more than 5 years ago. Since then, i've been through the ringer. Tried probably 20 psychiatric meds, rTMS, ECT, years of therapy, etc.
It finally dawned on me...maybe, just maybe, I should try ephedra again. Perhaps, for better or for worse, taking ephedra for that long, at such a time in my life (18 - 22 years of age) when my brain was still developing, made some permanent changes to it. Maybe ephedra, at appropriate dosages, might be teh most effective antidepressant / adhd treatment for me?
Does anyone have any experience with using ephedra as an AD? Any advice?
I'm at my wits end. My life has been one sad story after another the past 5 years, more squandered opportunity than I care to mention...it would fill up all of psychobabble if I started to.
I can't take this anymore. These drug cocktails, this mood instability, these side effects...I just don't know what to do.
I've never tried ephedra since that day I gave it up over 5 years ago, and i'm considering it now. Maybe it's as simple as that.
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