Posted by Silly Brain on September 19, 2002, at 0:16:55
In reply to Re: Unresponsive to SSRIs? What worked?, posted by oracle on September 18, 2002, at 1:01:30
> The answer is simple, at least it was for me.
> 5HT is not the issue if none of the SSRI's work. > Try meds that effect NE. ADD points to NE involvement.Indeed today I was prescribed Wellbutrin which apparently affects NE.
> If you have sig. depression, SSRI's have
> never been front line meds.Oh that's an interesting piece of info. Makes me kind mad, too, since I've been significantly depressed for a long time and keep getting SSRIs thrown at me.
> Do follow up on the > sleep apnea.
I think it may just be ongoing insomnia, personally, which certainly doesn't help. I felt significantly better today than in the past few days and the only difference has been more sleep.
> For me, I reached the point where I stopped > playing the game of "I want to get well but > will not take X" and that is when I started > getting well. Thin but wanting to kill myself and > being unable to leave the house did not cut > it.There was a time when I was playing the "just prescribe me anything I'll take it" game, which proved rather miserable as well.
Thanks for your help,
Silly
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