Posted by BrittPark on September 13, 2002, at 21:50:06
In reply to Re: Not doing too well but in a new and different way. » BrittPark, posted by nikioct73 on September 13, 2002, at 18:41:42
> i agree with the other folks....Your on too many med's!!!..are they all prescibed but the same Doc?...I have no idea how you are able to funtion on all these med's ...it could be your new issues are related to major drug interactions and side effects...your liver will thank you kindly to cut down to maybe a single AD..with a single Benzo..and a single Stim for day and a single Som for sleep... if you need all that to begin with...I myself had to finally take a Drug holiday because I was on too many from too many different docs it really sucked getting off all that crap..it took a whole month to feel like myself again..(I'm not too chipper but healthy.)I hope you find what your looking for..good luck..really though..too many med's.....
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> NikiThanks for taking the time to comment. I appreciate your advice but don't see any practical way to follow it. My doctor and I are carefully trying to find the thing that will work. Everything I'm taking had a greater or lesser positive effect at one time. Since I don't suffer from any side effects from what I'm taking, (and blood tests say that my liver is quite well ;) my doctor and I see no reason to take things any other way than slowly. Over the last year we've had partial success after partial success, and are now only trying substitutions. Whenever I've been close to stably just below euthymic we've backed off one medication at a time, slowly.
I've been on complete drug holidays in the past and done fine for some number of months only to be visited by severe depression. I finally learned my lesson about 5 years ago. I'm going to have to be on medication for the rest of my life or until research comes up with a treatment to cure recurrent depression.
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