Posted by SLS on November 6, 2014, at 7:36:54
In reply to Re: Restarted Abilify - Feeling better. » SLS, posted by oceansun on November 4, 2014, at 23:03:23
> > "I have not tried Brintellix, nefazodone, or Luvox. However, at this juncture, I am not inclined to discontinue Parnate in order to try them. If I were to see Brintellix produce magic for people, I would consider it. So far, I haven't."
> I haven't seen much luck for Brintellix either. Or Viibryd for that matter. Quite the opposite -- nasty side effects with no efficacy. I'm thinking of nefazodone too. 5HT2A antagonism. Is the liver stuff preventing you from trying it?
> > "I would first try intranasal ketamine. It is convenient, inexpensive, and effective. I have seen it work."
> Where would you get intranasal ketamine? How is it used?
I know of a psychiatrist who works with it. I hope she still does. I haven't made an appointment yet. I want to allow enough time for my current therapeuric response to stabilize in order to assess the maximum degree of improvement and stability my current regime affords me. I see my doctor next Monday. He is aware of ketamine, and is now disposed to let me try it. Until now, it is not something that he feels comfortable doing himself. I should probably make an appointment to see the other doctor anyway in order to get a second opinion.
> > "I then chose to fight to be constructive in order to nurture this positivism rather than to passively allow my depression to create a mind infected with a malignant perpetual negativism."> I strive for your actively positive thinking and am impressed by it. It shows tremendous strength. Your fight to be constructive has lent caring and intelligence to this board for many years, and I'm sure many are grateful for it, as am I.
The decision-making process was rather simple to follow. I used a sort of dichotomous flow-chart. That doesn't mean that it was easy to do.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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