Posted by nancy on July 31, 1999, at 18:51:41
In reply to Re: Feeling down, posted by Barb on July 31, 1999, at 18:16:30
geez, i know what you're going through. just got passed that place, myself. i'm bipolar-1. my depression was not responding well to any ADs or med-cocktails. i had ECT. Pow! snapped me right out of that chronic misery. but, in addition, i take 300mg effexor xr, t3 and t4 thyroid hormones (at dosages that put my blood level into the 75% high end of the normal range).
what's your pdoc suggest you do?
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> > Erin and Morc,
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> I'm sorry you are so low. My husband has reminded me of a line from the movie "Tootsie" that has stuck with me as i learned to accept my PMS/depression swings as a fact of life:"I just have to feel this way until...I don't feel this way any more!"
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> That sounds so trivial and simple, but I've learned that somehow, something will help break the cycle: AD use was something I put off for eight years while delving into "natural"/nonmedicinal remedies, exercise, self help, my belief system and faith, and just growing up a bit. (I'm now 34).
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> Don't ever give up or give in. If it helps, let go and let God get you through. If that's not where your at and you have no one else, keep talking on the net, and know someone really cares.
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