Posted by HenryO on October 10, 2001, at 20:48:52
In reply to Re: Henry - which AD did you augment? , posted by DaveAAA on October 10, 2001, at 19:36:46
I took Prozac for years. Other people said it helped. I thought it had all the effect of vitamin C. Next added Ritalin and that worked like magic for 6 weeks. Went on and off that but effect was always short lived. Added Pindolol to the mix and I felt as good as I ever had, but still I suspected I didn't feel like most people seem to feel. Somewhere in there I started using Concerta which is just a sustained release version of Ritalin. The last thing I have added to my cocktail of Rrozac, Concerta and Pindolol is Risperdal. I am up to 2mgs daily. It allows me to feel good usually and to function as well as I think I ought to, most of the time. All this was not a smooth linear progression. I tried a lot of other drugs along the way. So many I can't remember them all. Fits and starts. It took ten years. But I'm feeling good these days and I pray to God that all this just keeps working. I have experienced going off these meds and it is not pretty. Before I got medication things were bleak. I took that little detour very abruptly when Nurontin adversely impacted my ability to achive a satisfactory erection. I backed off everything too quickly, bad idea for me.
Let me reiterate. All these meds effect each of us very differently it is a mistake to think that a medication which effects me one way will have the same effect on another person. But the journey and the result are something that I belive can be a common experience. Good luck.
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