Posted by Racer on February 22, 2004, at 19:53:47
Here's my question, in the form of a question, just like on Jeopardy:
I feel as if I'm getting nowhere good on my meds right now, and am having a hell of a time with the agency that's alleged to be providing services to me. The one time someone accidentally put me through to the doctor's direct line voicemail, he called back within a reasonable time frame, but every other time I've called either the medication clinic or the case manager who was assigned to me, I've gotten a return call about one out of six times I've left messages, and none of the responses have been of any help. (Mostly they just say, "Sorry, nothing we can do, and even if there is something we can do, we don't know what it is." I don't even think they ask the doctor about any of it, just answer that they don't know the answer, so there must not be one.) Sorry, venting again.
So, here's my question for all of you: is there any source for something like a spreadsheet showing in very simple terms which anti-depressants affect which neurotransmitters with which side effects? This depression has now entered it's eighth month, and I really and truly cannot continue on like this. Period. Something needs to change, and it needs to happen soon. The meds I'm on now are keeping me just barely able to get out of bed and get dressed, but only just. (For example, I only shower when I can't get dressed because my clothes run away from the smell of me.) I'm in a tough situation, too, because I have a cat whose kidneys are failing, who needs sub-cutaneous fluids every couple of days, and my husband can't do it. If I didn't think he'd die without me, and if I didn't want to spend as much time as possible with him while I still can, I would ask my doctor to hospitalize me again. Now, for any of you who're familiar with me, you probably know that I don't think I've ever really benefited from hospital contact, right? What sort of state do you think I have to be in to suggest that that's where I really should be?
So, anyone know of a place to get good, simple, basic information about anti-depressants such as I described?
Thanks!
poster:Racer
thread:316655
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