Posted by SLS on March 19, 2002, at 20:48:39
In reply to Re: treatment resistant depression -Suggestions? » SLS, posted by Ron Hill on March 19, 2002, at 12:26:05
For Petters, ShelliR, Ron, and others,
I really appreciate your concern and contributions. I can't reply to your posts right away because it takes me so long to read through them - I guess you know that already.
Thanks again.
As for the involvement of dopaminergic neurotranmission in depression, particular anergic/anhedonic depression, I first focused my attention on it in 1983. I have always suspected that it plays a central role in my case. I just don't know what to do about it.
And again.
- Scott> >I'm sort of bipolar, and the main features of my depression include extreme fatigue, a burdonsome heaviness and weakness in my limbs, and a general lack of energy and motivation to move, even to get off a chair to go to the bathroom. Also, my memory is impaired and I can't read more than a few sentences before I have to stop - and then only with minimal comprehension.
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> Scott,
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> A lot of people on this board care about you very much. I am one of them. You are a very giving person.
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> Do you think your symptoms (extreme fatigue, a burdonsome heaviness and weakness in limbs, and a general lack of energy and motivation to move) are related to dopamine problems? To understand more fully what I am getting at, please read the following post:
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> http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20020318/msgs/98710.html
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> Also, I think I remember that you were taking SAM-e last year and finding some benefit from it. Am I remembering this correctly? If so, please tell me about your SAM-e experience. Did you take plenty of B-6, folic acid, and sublingual B-12 with the SAM-e.
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> -- Ron
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