Posted by bigcat on April 6, 2006, at 20:24:38
Over the course of seven years, I have tried just about every psych med for depression. Many of my tials were prematurely discontinued, or not aggresively pursued, so this time around I want to do it right. I had a profound, though very brief response to Nardil (2 weeks of remission), Dexedrine (3 months of freedom), Marplan (2 months), Effexor (up and down for two months), and Serzone (less than a week). When a med starts to work, it REALLY works, and usually kicks in within two weeks of starting it. After a couple weeks, it will then poop out just as quickly (I'm great Monday, by Thursday I'm right back in the pits). Based on this history, do you have any med or cocktail suggestions? It seems I grow a tolerance to meds very quickly. Parnate and oral eldpryl didn't work for me, but I'm thinking of trying EMSAM. Somer other thoughts are:
-High Dose Effexor + Remeron
-Serzone (staying on it even if the initial response fades)
-Adding wellbutrin, dexedrine, and/or high-dose Fish Oil to any and all med trials
-MAOI + ? (Tricyclic)
-Thyroid supplementI'd greatly appreciate any suggestions or theories. I suffer from severe depression with anxiety, social phobia, and a loud, obsessing mind. Some meds will make me hypomanic when they start working, but I've never had a spontaneous manic episode.
much love,
-matt-
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