Posted by SLS on June 24, 2009, at 5:35:39
In reply to Re: New to this board..... REACHING OUT!, posted by Frustratedmama on June 22, 2009, at 21:16:14
Hi FM
Too bad that I had my name attached to this thread. My threads don't last very long.
:-(
> Hey Scott, > Wish things were going better for you! Thanks for responding to me (again) :) I hope that tomorrow is a better day for you (family things are always so HARD for me!) I am having a better day today- ditched the cytomel (side effects were causing problems) and the new med (gabapentin) is leaving me in a much better state of mind!
That might be a sign that you have some involvement of the temporal lobe or amygdala in a bipolar type thing. The bottom line is that we can sit here as arm chair biological psychiatrists and THINK we understand these things well enough to say such things, but we really don't. We really don't know what causes or cures Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) or Bipolar Disorder (BD). Neurotransmitters alone are too simplistic a notion to stop there in building an accurate model as to what's going on.
> Now for it to KEEP working; right?!
I hope it does. It is a different drug from Lamictal. It doesn't have a reputation for pooping-out. Nor does it have a reputation for working as well as it is for you. You are not unique, of course. Maybe the drug fell out of favor with psychiatrists for reasons that were invalid. Good luck to you on that.
> I hear you about the financial situation- it is so hard these days- I am struggling too (in way over my head with debt to say the least!) It was really nice to see a post on here so thanks and I hope that you have a great day tomorrow! Take Care! FM (actually a little less frustrated mama today) lol > > PS: Material things never matter anyway; pictures are the best - so I am glad you were able to scan them :) Hope they were good memories!
Yup.
Thanks.
- Scott
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