Posted by Meltingpot on January 17, 2010, at 16:17:39
In reply to Re: Dysthymia/Anxiety - ECT, posted by bleauberry on January 15, 2010, at 16:30:40
Hi,
Yes I've tried Nardil about 3 times, each time for about a month. The first time it made me feel really stoned and more relaxed I guess but didn't seem to do much for my mood. Neither did it do much the 2nd and 3rd time. However, it was only after the first time of trying Nardil that the Seroxat seemed to work. I repeated the experiment coming off Seroxat to go back on Nardil to go back on Seroxat in the hope that I could replicate the experience but to no avail. I've even come off all meds for three months (apart from Zyprexa now and again) in the hope that having a drug holiday would help but it doesn't seem to have. I'm back on Seroxat and although I feel better than I did I still feel depressed in a lot of ways. I still have suicidal thoughts.
In my 20s I know that I would have responded to pretty much any antidepressant that was given to me. This time round though it has been so much more difficult. 2 years of trying to no avail to finally to get a response with Seroxat and then that to stop helping as much 2 years later. My fear is that something else has gone wrong further down the line. Trouble is they don't know what that is because they don't really know what causes depression in the first place, or why antidepressants work when they do work.
I was thinking that if I did have ECT then perhaps it might make me more receptive to antidepressants. I really don't know what else to try.
I've tried most medications in most classes, I've tried rTMS, I've tried magnesium injections, high dose vitamin B, St Johns Wort, Folic acid and many others but they don't seem to help at all.
I know lots of people are in the same boat, I'm just getting tired of feeling stuck in the same boat year after year after year. Not really looking forward to anything or feeling enthused by anything. I am able to work and I can still enjoy certain activities but the things I don't enjoy the things I used to enjoy and I don't have half of the energy I used to have. I used to be able to stay up until 3am in the morning. Now I have to get to bed by 10:00pm regardless of what time I get up.
Thanks for always trying to think of something, I do appreciate it.
Denise
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