Posted by john Henry on July 28, 2003, at 6:20:39
In reply to Re: Ritalin question???, posted by HenryO on July 28, 2003, at 4:02:46
> You sound a lot like me. I got concerned once they suggested adding a fifth drug to my cocktail. You start to take meds to counter the effects of another. It gets a bit crazy. I've come to belive SSRI's long term hold you down. I see them like a life preserver, they do a great job keeping you from drowning but for year around wear they limit your movement. You haven't had any sexual side effects with your cocktail?
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> Ritalin works great for me for a few months but starts to become less and less effective over the months. I have to lay off it for a few months and then go back on. But when it does work it really works.
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> I got off my cocktail and now just take Lamictal, 200mg. I take the occasional Ritalin. I went through a period of hell after I stopped taking Prozac, Resperdal, Ritalin and the third med I was always changing to attempt to find the elusive cherry on top. Ambien is the only med you take that I haven't tried.
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> Since the Lamictal started working, it is the best AD I've ever been on. I can definately recomend it for treatment resistent depression. Your results may be different of course. I just feel so much more comfortable not messing with a cocktail. All those interactions just can't be accurately charted or understood. I was constantly adjusting this and that based on hunches. The whole thing didn't even work that well either.>>>> I am giving up on ssri's.My sexual desire is zero.I have wasted 2 years with ssri's and I am done.I was actually thinking of Lamictal.I hear good feedback on it.I will keep Ritalin in my cocktail.It makes me feel in the moment.Now I have to come up with the rest to make the right combo.
It seems like all the talk about reuptake inhibition,blocking receptors and other hypothesis etc.is all speculations.Its all a roll of the dice.So for someone like me its all about being a guinea pig :) It seems like psychiatrists just want us to be sexless compliant zombies lol
take care
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