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Posted by blueberry1 on December 16, 2006, at 10:33:36
I was hoping to avoid drugs. But since I am all too familiar with the mind numbing effects of reuptake inhibitors I am going to go different directions this time.
Starting today I am going to dip my toes in the water cautiously with tianeptine and see what happens.
10 years ago I added low dose amisulpride to ongoing prozac and zyprexa to try to eliminate the mind-numbing anhedonia, apathy, lack of pleasure. It worked great, except for the severe sexual dysfunction (no desire, no ability).
I have some amisulpride on its way. Things are a lot different now, so I don't know if it would work again.
Anyway, that's what's up. In case anyone is wondering, blueberry = blueberry1. I had some password problems that I couldn't fix no matter what I tried. I think it was McAfee related. So I had to register again as if for the first time. Since blueberry was already taken I just put a 1 on the end of it.
Depression. What a monster. Anyway, we'll try something new here and see what happens. The only other meds in my history that had some minor benefit and might be revisited are low dose zoloft and depakote. Never tried effexor, nardil, or parnate. I would also be very interested in dexedrine. For now I am going to see what the other side of the world has to offer.
Posted by ronaldo on December 16, 2006, at 11:24:30
In reply to Tianeptine, Amisulpride, posted by blueberry1 on December 16, 2006, at 10:33:36
Hi blueberry...1
How does the lowly Adrafinil fit into this grand scheme?
....ronaldo
Posted by zmg on December 16, 2006, at 13:00:23
In reply to Tianeptine, Amisulpride, posted by blueberry1 on December 16, 2006, at 10:33:36
Kind of funny, since I'm going the opposite direction (Tianeptine > Adrafinil). I've consistently had Phenibut (Biochem/Tention Rx) in the mix which might skew my results.
For me so far, the two really feel kind of similar. Adrafinil feels like its more pronounced while Stablon never felt like it quite pushed past being background noise (I feel Adrafinil in the morning after having last taken it the previous morning).
I've only been taking Adrafinil for a whopping 3 days though(I think). I stayed with Stablon for about a month.
Sorry about your password trouble. Blueberry was a nice nick. As a systems admin Mcafee (like Norton products) is one of those eye-rollers. It seems built to cause problems. :)
Posted by blueberry1 on December 16, 2006, at 13:16:22
In reply to Re: Tianeptine, Amisulpride » blueberry1, posted by ronaldo on December 16, 2006, at 11:24:30
> Hi blueberry...1
>
> How does the lowly Adrafinil fit into this grand scheme?
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> ....ronaldoAdrafinil is still high on my list. I just wanted to do short samples of other things to weed out those that make me feel worse right away, which happens so often it's scary.
Posted by SLS on December 16, 2006, at 16:00:09
In reply to Tianeptine, Amisulpride, posted by blueberry1 on December 16, 2006, at 10:33:36
> I was hoping to avoid drugs. But since I am all too familiar with the mind numbing effects of reuptake inhibitors I am going to go different directions this time.
>
> Starting today I am going to dip my toes in the water cautiously with tianeptine and see what happens.
>
> 10 years ago I added low dose amisulpride to ongoing prozac and zyprexa to try to eliminate the mind-numbing anhedonia, apathy, lack of pleasure. It worked great, except for the severe sexual dysfunction (no desire, no ability).Sounds like a plan.
Good luck. You deserve it. You certainly work hard enough.
- Scott
Posted by Phillipa on December 16, 2006, at 17:43:23
In reply to Re: Tianeptine, Amisulpride » blueberry1, posted by SLS on December 16, 2006, at 16:00:09
I agree good luck Blueberry. Love Phillipa
Posted by blueberry1 on December 16, 2006, at 18:19:55
In reply to Tianeptine, Amisulpride, posted by blueberry1 on December 16, 2006, at 10:33:36
First day of tianeptine was not cool. I experienced a pronounced worsening of depression and just totally withdrew from the world. I always go to church on saturday night no matter how bad I feel, but this time I just couldn't drag myself out of the house. I was on the edge of having crying spells which hasn't happened in weeks.
I just don't do well with any kind of serotonin med, or norepinephrine med either. If they don't worsen me a lot right away, they leave me in a numbed state with a bunch of side effects. The best I ever did with one of them was 25mg zoloft. 50mg was bad.
You know, they should have some drugs that have you feeling really good right away while you wait for another drug to kick in and take over. But then, they would likely outlaw that wouldn't they.
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