Posted by Michael Cooper on October 28, 1998, at 12:35:54
In reply to ANY MEDS OR COMBO- DRUGS THAT WORK!!, posted by Charlie Pitrat on October 2, 1998, at 15:20:49
> HELLO, IVE BEEN ON WELLBUTRIN,ZOLFT,PAXIL,PROZAC AND OTHER OLDER ANTI-DEPESSANTS HAS ANYONE EVER TRYED STIMULANTS, LIKE DEXEDRINE,RITALIN, OR OTHERS, IVE BEEN SEEING THE SAME DOCTOR FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS AND STILL SUFFERING FROM DEPRESSION , PLEASE ANY HELP? CHARLIE
After 12 years of psychoanalytically oriented
therapy with 3 different psychiatrist-analysts,
and hearing things like (1975) 'antidepressants
are like aspirins, they treat the symptoms but not
the cause', I realized that the responsibility
(in the sense of suffering or benefiting from the
consequences of the treatment decisions) are
ultimately the patient's. There still seems to
be resentment of patients suggesting their own
drug treatment, even though the "experts" can
not predict which drugs will be successful. If
the physician is not able to suggest an effective
drug, the patient must request it or see a
different physician (or else suffer the
consequence). The physician is also faced with the added burden of
add burden of the Drug War, which introduces a
chilling effect on the prescription of stimulants.
I am presently taking 20 mg of Prozac and 30-40 mg
of Adderall (a mixture of amphetimines)per day.
I had found that the Prozac was insufficient as
the sole antidepressant, and was also taking
200-300 mg of Wellbutrin (I had to change
physicians to get the Wellbutrin). I recently
replaced the Wellbutrin with St.John's Wort, 300mg
standardized extract, 3x per day. I am aware of
the warnings of not taking St. John's Wort with
SSRIs due to its MAO activity, but I think that
this activity is very slight, and is not
responsible for its antidepressant effect,
I have had no problems with it. Also, if skipping
a day of Prozac, or taking an additional 20 mg
changes the quality of your sleep, recall of
dreams, etc., you may want to experiment with
that.
poster:Michael Cooper
thread:779
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