Posted by europerep on January 28, 2015, at 16:50:02
In reply to Re: feeling like im out of options, posted by hello123 on January 28, 2015, at 13:53:00
> ive not read much into Tricyclics and the experiences people tend to have with them.
Then don't. You're not going to read yourself to a treatment that will work. As much as it sucks, trial-and-error is the state of the art for treatment-resistant depression. And really the one thing that could be an indicator of where to look for solutions -- namely decades of successful use by experienced clinicians -- you dismiss anyway.
It almost looks like you want to prove to yourself that you are a hopeless case by using the weirdest treatments -- I have never come across any kind of scientific documentation of selegiline plus naltrexone* -- rather than going for what's (statistically) most likely to help you.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to attack you or anything, and thinking in a reasonable and analytical way is really tough when depressed, but I really don't think you're doing yourself a favor by proceeding the way you do.
*That doesn't mean it shouldn't be ever be tried, but it is not rational to start there before having tried well-established and safe treatments that have a much higher chance of helping you.
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