Posted by Elizabeth on April 4, 2002, at 20:12:51
In reply to Re: Kramer: I'm the most treatment-resistant case , posted by Dr. Kramer on April 2, 2002, at 11:25:09
> I'm not sure what you expect me to say here, except yes, that's pretty much every med I've ever heard of, and the kind of psychopharm consultation you need is well beyond what can be posted on a board such as this.
I think that a lot of people with difficult-to-treat depression or dysthymia tend to feel like they're "the most treatment-resistant case," or something similar. One thing this board provides is the opportunity to find out that there are things you haven't tried. Whenever someone posts a long list of drugs they've tried, invariably, someone else will post a response to the effect of, "you didn't mention _____." As you can see, several people have posted responses of this sort in this thread.
On a related note, there's been a lot of discussion about a novel antidepressant treatment that seems very promising for many of us who haven't had much success with traditional approaches: the use of opioids (another thing that wasn't on Rocks's list). I've been taking buprenorphine for over a year with impressive results (for previously treatment-resistant melancholia). Lately a lot of people on PB seem to be interested in it. It seems clear to me that there are some people who need something different from (or more than) the various monoaminergic antidepressants. Do you have an opinion about this? I'd be particularly interested to hear if you have any comments on the ongoing discussion here on PB on the subject of opioids (mainly buprenorphine). I'd like to see this treatment become more mainstream (if nothing else, it would be much more convenient for me if retail pharmacies started carrying the stuff :-) ).
-elizabeth
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