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Re: Medications that I've been on

Posted by bleauberry on February 21, 2013, at 12:13:03

In reply to Medications that I've been on, posted by Phil on February 20, 2013, at 22:19:15

Well, two things come to mind....

First, it was time to try the MAOIs a long time ago. Do that. Looking at the list of meds tells me it is a complete waste of life and time to spend any more of your months in that category of drugs. That would be called insanity. If any psychiatric med stands a chance of helping you, it is either Parnate of Nardil.

Second, because I view all this stuff we deal with through different glasses than most, what I see here is that the real problem is not the neurotransmitters, or you, it is something else foreign inside of you doing it. So at this point, I believe it becomes number one priority to test a few things and see what happens, in an effort to gather clues, rule things in, rule things out. Stuff isn't black or white, so we have to do some probing for answers.

Specifically, it would extremely worthwhile in my opinion to read the book Healing Lyme by Stephen Buhner.....not for Lyme,....but because it has in it a lot of info and approaches for the stuff I am thinking of....neurotoxic substances. Where are they coming from? We don't know. Bacteria? Could be. Fungi? Maybe. Virus? Less likely, but maybe. Mercury, lead? Could be. Inflammation? Almost for sure.

The herbs in that book will probably do more good for your psychiatric symptoms than a backpack full of meds. In the event you have unsuspected Lyme or similar situation, you'll be nailing that at the same time.

Lyme patients have three distinct profiles when it comes to psychiatic meds....
1. Some require extremely high doses.
2. Some require extremely small doses.
3. Some are made worse or not helped much by any psych meds.

These people rarely do well with common meds or common doses. Among the ones that are usually more helpful than others, are the stimulants and the antipsychotics. SSRIs usually are worthless to them. If you are in any of those 3 categories, it appears to me you are in #3.

Make the problem go away, the symptoms go away. The long history of meds looks obvious to me and tells me a lot....none of them touched the actual problem....it wasn't low neurotransmitters, it wasn't a chemical imbalance, it wasn't an over/under active receptor, whatever, on and on. No, more likely, what's causing the entire profound resistant mess is a poison of sorts wreaking havoc in the brain. Anti lyme strategies just happen to deal with all angles...toxins, inflammation, infection, immune system, hormone balance/support....that kind of stuff cannot help but get you feeling better.

When we've been stuck in the psychiatric bubble for so long, we forget or even totally block out, that there is a lot more going on that cause depression than just the things a psychiatrist is thinking about. They only attempt to "manage" symptoms. That doesn't sound very promising to me. Because it basically assumes the problem, whatever it is, will live on, and that the best we can do is try this or try that. It's hard to get one's mindset out of the psychiatric bubble. It is kind of a trap that closes a lot of useful doors. People don't know where to turn, the choices out in the world are so vast and confusing, where does one begin, and it is hard for a depressed person to do the research they need to do. That is why I suggested that book in particular. While it explains through the eyes of Lyme disease the fascinating details of inflammation and toxins, the same applies to someone who does not have lyme disease. So either way,...there is good stuff to improve your outcome, maybe a lot. In my case, it was a lot. I still have my backpack full of meds though, just as a reminder in case some day I forget how aweful that journey was. And I'm still not out of the woods, because I take Savella and it helps me....I am in category #2....my highest dose is 1/4 of the smallest dose they make.


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