Posted by hyperfocus on February 22, 2011, at 12:56:18
In reply to just an experiment..., posted by j-legs on February 20, 2011, at 5:58:59
Hello j-legs I'm sorry you have to go through all of this but I agree with the other posters that your physical symptoms will probably go away once you terminate the meds. I don't know why your doc didn't try a TCA or an SNRI before Nardil. Nardil is sort of the nuclear option that can be very effective on treatment-resistant depression but can have a bunch of serious effects and requires constant monitoring and patient feedback. Lamictal also is a first option for bi-polar with much less risk of serious side-effects than Tegretol I think. Not sure what your doc was thinking there.
I think that you should find another doctor to care for you. You might be better off seeing one doctor who can evaluate and manage all of your symptoms as a single cohesive whole, than a whole platoon of specialists poking at you piecemeal. Unfortunately there are a lot of docs who don't have any compassion or common-sense for their patients. All of us who have MI have had experiences like what you described. But an intern or GP who actually cares about you can undo all the crap the other specialists have done to you.
Hang in there, you're tough, you're still young and you've got a lot of living to do.
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