Posted by BarbaraCat on March 26, 2002, at 16:58:02
In reply to Re: Anyone had success with ECT? » BarbaraCat, posted by Zo on March 26, 2002, at 16:39:38
Hi Zo,
I'm on Remeron, lithium, klonopin primarily (plus natural estrogen/progesterone and natural thyroid). The only 'pstim' I've tried recently was adrafinal which made me feel uneasy and restless. I have no idea what my real dx is. Non response to AD's hence the lithium, but maybe BPII because of some possible hypomania which could be stress related. I'm not always symptomatic, and have long clear stretches. But when I'm feeling overloaded, I'll start things and not finish, overspend, get totally flustered like a brain lock. You talk about filing. I could start with a pile of papers and end up with a bigger messier pile and end up crying from sheer frustration.Isn't ADD an all the time thing (without meds)? Also, coffee really affects me. If I have more than one cup I'm up all night. I sometimes get wired by benzos. My major experience with stims is when I abused meth in my wild days of youth, and I often wonder if I burnt out my dopamine system. But maybe a therapeutic pinch of a stim might really do something for me. Geez, I just hate to keep adding stuff to my poor body. Barbara
, > Barbara, Where you at w/ meds? Any ADD demanding tasks get done solely related to how my meds are.
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> Have been on Dex since '97. .. Just added Provigil a few weeks ago, and lo and behold, suddenly-----I can sort and file papers and handle business matters. And when the day's Provigil wore off, the papers abruptly became "unreadable" again. It was striking. Provigil opens a whole new part of my brain.
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> Zo
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