Posted by Ezrahite on September 8, 2009, at 18:06:07
In reply to Re: Should I switch from Parnate?, posted by bleauberry on September 8, 2009, at 13:06:35
> The first was the word generic. That to me was the very first place to point a finger at a possible suspect. Obviously the generic is doing something as evidenced by the blood pressure. But is it doing the clinical equivalence of brand in terms of the brain?
That's a very good point. Unfortunately for me, brand names are mostly not an option. Money is the issue. It's a vicious cycle: I need money or good insurance to get the best meds, I need to get better so I am capable of getting money and good insurance.
> Adding a stimulant or a TCA to the Parnate was another thought. And of course, the brand versus generic thing might be a consideration with that as well.
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> Apart from those ideas, there is the SNRI/SSRI + Antipsychotic route, maybe with a stimulant. Or the SSRI/SNRI + TCA route.There are so many possibilities. One reason I start to panic if it looks like I might spend another year barking up the wrong tree. And yet I'm also anxious about ever quitting if somehow it might have turned out to be what would have worked in the end.
> Another completely different option, especially considering the frustrating history, is to recruit the help of an Integrative MD onto your team.
I don't know if my insurance would cover that, probably not. But over the years I've seen doctors and done my own research about all sorts of possibilities. Endocrine problems, chronic fatigue, diet, Lyme Disease. Nothing has got me anywhere yet.
> Just pure logic tells me that when a wide variety of potent psychiatric meds are not doing what they were intended to do, then it is really pretty simple...they are all missing the target.
I seem to have had some strange metabolic problem from birth, and my depression goes all the way back with that. I think it may be my underlying issue, but I don't know if anything has ever helped that either, unless the imipramine and dexedrine did. Losing weight might at least help - but that has been incredibly difficult.
> Maybe you are one of those people that just needs super high doses? Doesn't have to be Parnate. Whatever it is, really high doses, above the top limit.
There's a lot more information and personal experiences on the internet to draw on these days, and I notice that it's quite common for people to go way over what I was told was the limit. It puts my whole history into question. It would be typical if I've suffered all this time simply from being treated as an average and not an individual.
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