Posted by yesac on July 11, 2003, at 9:43:23
In reply to What is Trazadone?, posted by whiterabbit on July 10, 2003, at 21:04:39
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> Casey-just wanted to let you know that when I was feeling like you're feeling now, NO amount of therapy would have helped me. You've GOT to get the depression under control first, is Trazadone an SSRI? Has your psychiatrist given you a specific diagnosis? What anti-depressants have you tried?Yeah, like Penny said, I take trazodone for sleep only. I think it is one of those "unique" antidepressants that doesn't really fit into a class. But I think that hardly anyone actually uses it as an AD anymore. I am sure that my diagnosis is just plain old depression. I've tried quite a few meds and for the most part none of them helped after a fair trial - celexa, wellbutrin, effexor, paxil, risperdal, desipramine.... Now I am on Lamictal, which seemed to be actually helping for a while, but then I did a rather stupid thing of cutting my dose in half, just to see what would happen. Well, that probably has at least something to do with my recent crash. I've also been taking Parnate (an MAOI) for about a month with no improvement yet, but I think that my dose is too low and I'm going up tomorrow.
> I'm not too bummed out about it, I think I'm improving. Last year I lost five gas-caps and so far this year I've lost only one...maybe two. But definately not five.I think gas-cap loss is a good measurement of brain function! Maybe they should start to use that as an official measurement.
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