Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 7434

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It's got me again!

Posted by phyl on June 15, 1999, at 23:11:35

I am once again in that empty desolate state. Current meds...300 mg. Wellbutrin SR. Two weeks until seeing the p-doc again. Two days until seeing the therapist again. Can anyone explain this hell of depression that has dogged my existence? I'm coming to that point again where ending it seems far more reasonable than seeing it through. I've tried several meds over the past five years and it's seeming like nothing will last. I don't want to feel this way anymore. Please help. --phyl

 

Does company help? I'm here with you...

Posted by Racer on June 16, 1999, at 0:22:18

In reply to It's got me again!, posted by phyl on June 15, 1999, at 23:11:35

The only thing that's keeping me going at all right now is being able to remember that the last time I was on anti-depressants, they WORKED. I went from a state similar to the one I'm in now, to being able to function happily for years without depression or medications. Really.

My experience back then convinces me that if I'm sliding back into despair, it's a sign that the medication isn't working. My own situation is complicated by an incompetant doctor. But I've got just about enough energy to fight that right now. After all, I'm fighting for my life.

As for yours, can you call your p-doc and ask to be seen sooner? It sounds as though you're in enough of a crisis that it's justified by any standard. A friend of mine who is happy with her doctor says that she can call and get her meds adjusted the next day, sometimes sooner. Call your doctor and say that you just can't wait. Most p-docs keep an appointment time open for emergencies, in my experience. They may not advertise that to their patients, but there's no reason to suffer this much for that long.

Good luck to you.

 

Re: Does company help? I'm here with you...

Posted by phyl on June 16, 1999, at 1:16:34

In reply to Does company help? I'm here with you..., posted by Racer on June 16, 1999, at 0:22:18

Thank you Racer. Yes, company DOES help. The battle continues......phyl

 

Re: It's got me again!

Posted by Wayne R. on June 16, 1999, at 8:51:28

In reply to It's got me again!, posted by phyl on June 15, 1999, at 23:11:35

Phyl... I have gone around and around trying to find a med that would stick. Augmenting an SSRI with Naltrexone was miraculous for me! Here are some places you can find some additional information. You can also check out my various postings beginning in February.

Augmentation of Antidepressants with Naltrexone
http://www.dr-bob.org/tips/split/Aug-antidep-with-naltrex.html

SSRI's and Apathy
http://www.dr-bob.org/tips/split/SSRIs-and-apathy.html

In corresponding with Dr Dante I discovered that he had obtained a patent with the intent of establishing some credibility for the augmentation. He has been trying to initiate some interest in controlled studies that might lead to approval of Naltrexone as an augmentation. If you review the patent be sure to view all of the claims.

US Patent 5512593: Composition and method of treating depression using natoxone or naltrexone in combination with a serotonin reuptake inhibitor.
http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?pn10=US05512593

Best regards... Wayne

 

Re: It's got me again!

Posted by phyl on June 17, 1999, at 23:49:44

In reply to Re: It's got me again!, posted by Wayne R. on June 16, 1999, at 8:51:28

Racer and Wayne--thank you for taking the time to remind me that this can be dealt with. I was able to get an emergency appointment with my p-doc tomorrow night (Friday 18th). That gives me some hope. I will present the naltrexone info to the doc.

It feels like the floor is slipping out from under me. This time it's happening so fast...I'm on the way down again :( phyl

 

Re: It's got me again! - below

Posted by Kate on June 23, 1999, at 4:25:13

In reply to It's got me again!, posted by phyl on June 15, 1999, at 23:11:35

Phyl, I am not of your degree, but for me an adjunct of a couple of alternative means helped and now I use them alon. The note is a stand alone below. Good luck. I also aim to manage my own "problems", some of them make me who I am, but it does cause problems with effectiveness and relationships and jobs. Good luck, my empathy is with you.

 

Kate-please elaborate...

Posted by phyl on June 23, 1999, at 13:40:09

In reply to Re: It's got me again! - below, posted by Kate on June 23, 1999, at 4:25:13

Kate--I've gone through the updated posts on my browser and am not sure which post you are referring to. I DO appreciate the good will but truly wonder if people understand that this depression isn't something that will just go away once I exercise regularly or meditate. I do not choose to feel like this. I do not mean to snap at you. I am just frustrated at falling down that dark, scary hole of depression again. It isn't something I can WILL myself out of.

>>I also aim to manage my own "problems", some of them make me who I am, but it does cause problems with effectiveness and relationships and jobs.<<

Are you saying that by not taking pharm. meds you are able to "manage"? If only is were that simple for me! I've studied herbology (medicinal herbs, chinese and western) for five years, don't you think I've tried every resource other than pharmaceutical intervention? Acupuncture, meditation, daily cardiovascular exercise(swimming and surfing), talk therapy, etc. I am fortunate enough to live in an area of the country that has an abundance of alternative practitioners and open minded physicians willing to support mixing traditional western medicine with "alternative" medicine. Even so I am once again in that scary state of feeling like death would be a vast improvement over feeling frightened and empty inside. (don't worry, I am not suicidal! just feeling really, really despondent. I somehow know I will get through this rough patch again. I just wish that depression didn't steal so much time from my life.)

Again, I do not mean to snap. I am tired of hearing how I could make it all better if I just changed my attitude or ate better or exercised more, etc. It's a disease that sometimes requires medication, sometimes for a long time. --a very cranky phyl (insomnia again :( )


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