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Posted by jono_in_adelaide on October 19, 2012, at 19:09:28
In reply to Re: Continuing to recover. - My guess is remission. » SLS, posted by ChicagoKat on October 19, 2012, at 14:35:28
Thanks Scott - and please dont take those "secondary gain" comments to heart, I think that phrase is usualy used by arsehole doctors employed by insurance companys in order to deny claims
Posted by SLS on October 20, 2012, at 2:13:06
In reply to Re: Continuing to recover. - My guess is remission., posted by jono_in_adelaide on October 19, 2012, at 19:09:28
> Thanks Scott - and please dont take those "secondary gain" comments to heart, I think that phrase is usualy used by arsehole doctors employed by insurance companys in order to deny claims
Thanks, Jono. I had to look up the meaning of the term "secondary gain". I had never heard of it before. No one has ever suggested that of me.
- Scott
Posted by jono_in_adelaide on October 20, 2012, at 2:57:43
In reply to Re: Continuing to recover. - My guess is remission. » jono_in_adelaide, posted by SLS on October 20, 2012, at 2:13:06
I have a friend who I'm pretty sure is a major victim of it - since the day we left high school in 1988, he has done maybe 2 weeks work, and has had this illness that changes as they exclude diagnosis, from back pain to arthritis to a brain tumor to MS - and the only common symptom is the inability to do a days work
You on the other hand seem to have a lot of insight and desperatly want to get better and lead a normal health life.
Posted by SLS on October 20, 2012, at 5:57:27
In reply to Re: Continuing to recover. - My guess is remission., posted by jono_in_adelaide on October 20, 2012, at 2:57:43
> I have a friend who I'm pretty sure is a major victim of it - since the day we left high school in 1988, he has done maybe 2 weeks work, and has had this illness that changes as they exclude diagnosis, from back pain to arthritis to a brain tumor to MS - and the only common symptom is the inability to do a days work
>
> You on the other hand seem to have a lot of insight and desperatly want to get better and lead a normal health life.My first goal has always been to return to work. I don't think school is in my future. My second goal is to find a significant other. If I can get to a solid 50% improvement, I should be able to do these things. It would still be difficult, but that's life. It is my hope that I can begin working next year. It would allow me to meet people and build up a social life. It would help me to rejoin mainstream society. This is my major motivation. The money would be nice, but I am only looking for enough financial stability to maintain an apartment, buy food, save some money for later in life, and perhaps buy a SLR camera. I already have a computer, printer, TV, and audio system. I really don't need much else.
- Scott
Posted by phidippus on October 20, 2012, at 18:05:50
In reply to Continuing to recover. - My guess is remission., posted by SLS on October 18, 2012, at 11:02:18
What do you think Prazosin is doing for you?
Eric
Posted by Raisinb on October 21, 2012, at 21:20:35
In reply to Continuing to recover. - My guess is remission., posted by SLS on October 18, 2012, at 11:02:18
Posted by jono_in_adelaide on October 22, 2012, at 0:12:49
In reply to Re: Continuing to recover. - My guess is remission. » jono_in_adelaide, posted by SLS on October 20, 2012, at 5:57:27
That was my goal scott, to return to work and main stream society.
After i had my breakdown, I didnt work for 18 months, and was only leaving the house late at night to go to the grocery store and pharmacy, in a suburb some way from where I lived (so I didnt bump into someone I know)
With the right cocktail of drugs (and a kiss in the keeshter from the unemployment insurance people) I got a fairly menial warehouse job, which I did for 6 months, i then moved to Darwin, where I knew there was a labour and skills shortage, and got a job as a warehouse supervisotr, which i stuck at for a year, then i struck gold, and managed to land a job as a supply chain coordinator for a major manufacturing company (the position i held when i want nuts)
I am not rehabilitated (apart from relying on Xanax, Zoloft and Edronax to do it) - my next goal is to transfer this job back to my home city.
I know you can do it when they get your meds right - if that takes a while, dont let unemployment get to you, you arnt a moocher, you're ill and you're being supported by social security, when you do get back to work, your taxes will be supporting other ill people while then need it - thats how I look at it anyway
Re school, I realy should start studying, but not sure if i have the motivation
Posted by papillon2 on October 22, 2012, at 8:15:14
In reply to Continuing to recover. - My guess is remission., posted by SLS on October 18, 2012, at 11:02:18
Posted by phidippus on October 22, 2012, at 10:32:52
In reply to Re: Continuing to recover. - My guess is remission., posted by jono_in_adelaide on October 22, 2012, at 0:12:49
I was working customer service jobs and technical support positions up until 1999, when I had my first breakdown. In 2000 I filed for disability and was rewarded it in 2001. From 2001 until 2005 I was self employed, working in the music and video industry. I 2006 I started becoming ill again and by 2007 my mental health had spiraled out of control and I broke down again. By 2008 I was back on my feet and started school again after 10 years. Hopefully I'll stay well again in order to stay in school. Remission is a good thing, albeit unpredictable.
Eric
Posted by brynb on October 22, 2012, at 11:33:01
In reply to Continuing to recover. - My guess is remission., posted by SLS on October 18, 2012, at 11:02:18
Posted by jono_in_adelaide on October 22, 2012, at 19:29:45
In reply to Re: Continuing to recover. - My guess is remission. » jono_in_adelaide, posted by phidippus on October 22, 2012, at 10:32:52
Very true Eric - you have to take remission when it reapears, and live it while you can.
I have resigned my self to the fact that I will be on multiple psychotrophics for the rest of my life - I'm hopeing that they will keep me euthymic and functioning, if they dont, I'm not sure what I'll do.
Posted by jono_in_adelaide on October 22, 2012, at 19:30:22
In reply to Re: Continuing to recover. - My guess is remission. » SLS, posted by phidippus on October 20, 2012, at 18:05:50
How are you doing today Scott?
Posted by SLS on October 22, 2012, at 19:52:40
In reply to Re: Continuing to recover. - My guess is remission., posted by jono_in_adelaide on October 22, 2012, at 19:30:22
Hi Jono.
> How are you doing today Scott?
Pretty good.
:-)
Thanks for asking.
I am functioning very well. Today, I had a much easier time with air travel and navigating airports than I have in the past. My improvement is hard for me to ignore. I actually had fun this past week. How weird is that?
- Scott
Posted by jono_in_adelaide on October 22, 2012, at 21:37:34
In reply to Re: Continuing to recover. - My guess is remission. » jono_in_adelaide, posted by SLS on October 22, 2012, at 19:52:40
Feeling even partly euthymic after a prolonged depression is the best feeling in the world.
Posted by ChicagoKat on October 22, 2012, at 22:17:32
In reply to Re: Continuing to recover. - My guess is remission. » jono_in_adelaide, posted by SLS on October 22, 2012, at 19:52:40
Scott, it makes me so happy to hear that your remission continues. You deserve it, and it gives me hope that one day I may be in remission too. Stay happy :)
Kat
> Hi Jono.
>
> > How are you doing today Scott?
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> Pretty good.
>
> :-)
>
> Thanks for asking.
>
> I am functioning very well. Today, I had a much easier time with air travel and navigating airports than I have in the past. My improvement is hard for me to ignore. I actually had fun this past week. How weird is that?
>
>
> - Scott
Posted by SLS on October 22, 2012, at 23:10:30
In reply to Re: Continuing to recover. - My guess is remission. » SLS, posted by phidippus on October 20, 2012, at 18:05:50
> What do you think Prazosin is doing for you?
>
> Eric
Hi Eric.Prazosin feels like a powerful and clean antidepressant. For me, it is not a drug that resolves anxiety in such a way as to allow for residual depression. It is the depression that remits. Of course, the anxiety that is integral or secondary to depression resolves as well.
I would be very interested to see how someone who has GAD without depression would respond to prazosin. People who have PTSD are reported to experience a reduction in depression with it. Please note that I am not taking prazosin as monotherapy. My recent attempt to discontinue Abilify while taking prazosin was unsuccessful. It resulted in a return to a more severe state of depression.
Currently:
Parnate 80 mg
nortriptyline 150 mg
Lamictal 200 mg
lithium 300 mg
prazosin 12 mg
minocycline 200 mg
- Scott
Posted by SLS on October 22, 2012, at 23:12:58
In reply to Re: Continuing to recover. - My guess is remission. » phidippus, posted by SLS on October 22, 2012, at 23:10:30
Currently:
Parnate 80 mg
nortriptyline 150 mg
Lamictal 200 mg
lithium 300 mg
Abilify 10 mg
prazosin 12 mg
minocycline 200 mg
- Scott
Posted by phidippus on October 23, 2012, at 13:58:02
In reply to Re: Continuing to recover. - My guess is remission. » phidippus, posted by SLS on October 22, 2012, at 23:10:30
>Prazosin feels like a powerful and clean antidepressant.
It may exert this effect by raising dopamine levels.
Prazosin raises dopamine (DA) levels in the synaptic cleft in the prefrontal cortex and inhibits extracellular DA concentrations in the nucleus accumbens
Prazosin is useful for OCD in this respect, but I have not seen any studies using Prazosin to treat GAD.
Eric
Posted by phidippus on October 23, 2012, at 13:58:49
In reply to I forgot to list Abilify., posted by SLS on October 22, 2012, at 23:12:58
You're loaded.
Eric
Posted by papillon2 on October 24, 2012, at 2:08:19
In reply to Re: I forgot to list Abilify. » SLS, posted by phidippus on October 23, 2012, at 13:58:49
> You're loaded.
>
> EricLocked and loaded. Take that, mental illness, pow pow pow! (queue ridiculous early western film gun sounds)
Posted by alchemy on October 29, 2012, at 16:08:59
In reply to Continuing to recover. - My guess is remission., posted by SLS on October 18, 2012, at 11:02:18
Hi scott. Do you take minocycline for its anti-cytokine effect?
Posted by huxley on November 6, 2012, at 4:00:37
In reply to Continuing to recover. - My guess is remission., posted by SLS on October 18, 2012, at 11:02:18
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> I am currently taking:
>
> Parnate 80 mg/day
> nortriptyline 150 mg/day
> Lamictal 200 mg/day
> lithium 300 mg/day
> Abilify 10 mg/day
> prazosin 12 mg/day
> minocycline 200 mg/day
>
>
> - Scottwowzers thats alot of medicine.
Good luck with the remission scott. Hope its a breathrough.
Posted by SLS on November 6, 2012, at 5:06:11
In reply to Re: Continuing to recover. - My guess is remission., posted by alchemy on October 29, 2012, at 16:08:59
Hi.
> Hi scott. Do you take minocycline for its anti-cytokine effect?
>That's one of the properties of minocycline that I am interested in.
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20120803/msgs/1023257.html
I am most interested in the apparent ability of minocycline to decrease glutamate activity through multiple mechanisms; possibly acting synergistically with lamotrigine.
- Scott
Posted by SLS on November 6, 2012, at 5:25:15
In reply to Re: Continuing to recover. - My guess is remission., posted by huxley on November 6, 2012, at 4:00:37
Hi Huxley.
> >
> > I am currently taking:
> >
> > Parnate 80 mg/day
> > nortriptyline 150 mg/day
> > Lamictal 200 mg/day
> > lithium 300 mg/day
> > Abilify 10 mg/day
> > prazosin 12 mg/day
> > minocycline 200 mg/day> wowzers thats alot of medicine.
Tell me about it. I wish there were another system using fewer drugs that would work for me. Of course, there might be, but I haven't discovered it yet. I have tried to discontinue each of these drug with the exception of minocycline. I have deteriorated with each attempt. In time, I will also attempt to discontinue minocycline in order to be sure that it is a necessary component of my treatment regime.
> Good luck with the remission scott. Hope its a breathrough.
So far, so good. Thanks for the well-wishes.
I trust that all remains well with you on your minimalist treatment regime.
:-)
You are lucky that you were smart enough and resolved enough to establish that discontinuing pharmacotherapy entirely was best for you. I hope this continues to be the case.
- Scott
Posted by huxley on November 13, 2012, at 1:56:39
In reply to Re: Continuing to recover. - My guess is remission. » huxley, posted by SLS on November 6, 2012, at 5:25:15
> Hi Huxley.
>
> > >
> > > I am currently taking:
> > >
> > > Parnate 80 mg/day
> > > nortriptyline 150 mg/day
> > > Lamictal 200 mg/day
> > > lithium 300 mg/day
> > > Abilify 10 mg/day
> > > prazosin 12 mg/day
> > > minocycline 200 mg/day
>
> > wowzers thats alot of medicine.
>
> Tell me about it. I wish there were another system using fewer drugs that would work for me. Of course, there might be, but I haven't discovered it yet. I have tried to discontinue each of these drug with the exception of minocycline. I have deteriorated with each attempt. In time, I will also attempt to discontinue minocycline in order to be sure that it is a necessary component of my treatment regime.
>
> > Good luck with the remission scott. Hope its a breathrough.
>
> So far, so good. Thanks for the well-wishes.
>
> I trust that all remains well with you on your minimalist treatment regime.
>
> :-)
>
> You are lucky that you were smart enough and resolved enough to establish that discontinuing pharmacotherapy entirely was best for you. I hope this continues to be the case.
>
>
> - ScottYes Scott, doing very well thanks for asking.
I don't know if it was smarts as much as desperation. I certainly didn't know how it was going to turn out.
I continue to haunt PB in the hope of providing a different perspective.But have tempered my critisim a bit(I hope).
Anyway I'm off for another three months.Stay well.
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