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Re: Pdoc meeting summary » Hombre

Posted by merpmerp on December 8, 2010, at 10:43:03

In reply to Re: Pdoc meeting summary, posted by Hombre on December 8, 2010, at 0:37:09

Hi Hombre,

I too am wondering about SJW. Or talking with my (sometimes uncooperative) pdoc about switching to something that doesn't affect serotonin.

When depressed, I don't really feel fatigue. I can still get up and function, with extreme effort. I have insomnia (the classic "melancholic" type of not being able to get to sleep at first then becoming wide awake at 3 or 4 AM), psychomotor retardation (moving and thinking verrrrrryyyy slowwwwwwwwwly), inappropriate guilt and excessive rumination, and the dreaded *s* ideation which usually brings me in for treatment (because I'm too stubborn to go in before then, but I am making a concerted effort to change that).

Thoughts are appreciated :D


> Have you tried St. John's Wort? I'm just wondering if low doses of SSRIs are too strong or cause uncomfortable reactions, would SJW be able to exert a milder effect?
>
> What sorts of symptoms do you get if you aren't on medication, and you start to feel the depression coming on? Any physical complaints? Fatigue?


Diagnosis: recurrent melancholic depression

Meds: Lexapro since Sept. 2009


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