Posted by shar on August 24, 2000, at 1:27:40
In reply to Qs for shar, posted by AndrewB on August 23, 2000, at 9:46:06
Andrew,
Thanks for your interest, I appreciate it. I've answered your questions in the post below. I will be grateful for any ideas/info/insights you can give me. Shar
> Shar,
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> Sorry about your lack of response to adrafinil. It can be so disappointing. This is the first I have read of someone getting no reaction (good or bad) from adrafinil.
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> This is confusing, I hope you don't mind me asking a few questions here.
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> What are you symptoms/diagnosis? =====Depression starting in early teen years without ever stopping (not up and down, just down). Constant draw to the idea that not being here would be a good thing, but no suicide attempts (well, I tried to OD on aspirin as a youth, and got tinnitus and nothing else. Mom refused to take advice of shrink that I might need help.) Not sure what my diagnosis is; is depression I know, but not bipolar, not schizophrenia, not OCD, etc.
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> What effects does wellbutrin provide for you? =======It seems to keep me a bit more awake with the Effexor. We added the Wellbu after Effexor put me to sleep all the time.
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> What effects does effoxor provide for you. =======Keeps me out of the paralyzing, deep, dark pit of immobilizing, blinding depression that makes me want to put myself in harm's way. I am still rather depressed, but better than without meds at all.
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> What do you mean you don't respond to anything. Do you mean it is like taking sugar pills. =======It's more like something can help me keep my head above water, like Effexor, but that's about all. I take 300 mg Effexor XR and 200 Wellbutrin SR. That keeps me out of the pit. So I guess I mean, I don't respond well to anything. "Well" would mean I didn't feel depressed as a matter of course, every day. (Even if I had times of feeling depressed, they would be in the range of normal emotions.)
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> What other stimulating agents have you taken besides adrafinil and wellbutrin. =======No others that I can recall. I have pretty high anxiety, too, and we did add buspar to effexor before we tried wellbutrin. Again, nothing and it didn't help with the tiredness.
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> What others meds have you tried? =======Merital (no longer on the market), Prozac, Zoloft (fantastic for about 4-5 months, then flat, nada), Serzone (the absolute worst), and one some years ago I don't recall--imipramine? nortrip? Not sure. Herbs: St. John's Wort (before ad's), Bach Rescue Remedy (even now at times), various vitamins (P5P, other B's and B complexes), CoQ10 (I still use this one).
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> Without hearing the answers to these Qs, I would be interested to see what happens if you decide to trial Provigil. Some believe that one's reaction to Provigil, even if negative, can give a clue as to what medication may be necessary.=====I've thought about Provigil also. It may be that not responding to Adra. means I'd get more help from Provigil. Could you elaborate on getting a clue about meds from one's reaction to Provigil? How would one decipher that info?
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> AndrewB
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