Posted by sl on February 1, 2003, at 16:10:38
In reply to help-still twisted!, posted by justyourlaugh on February 1, 2003, at 12:12:59
How strange your doctor didn't try more SSRIs.
Celexa is one, but you're only on half a dose.
Paxil is also one, but even if one SSRI doesn't work for you, that doesn't mean no other will. Personally I'd suggest you suggest to your doc that you try SSRIs, at a standard therapeutic dosage.
(And actually, that dosage of Seroquel isn't even half...are you just taking that to sleep or something? I don't remember the exact number, but I was told that the therapeutic dosage for that was in the hundreds...!)
By the way, if Wellbutrin isn't getting you anywhere, you wanna get OFF it, cuz the longterm side-effects will really tick you off if there's no benefit to balance it out.There's also the newer stuff and the non-traditional treatments. There's that new Strattera stuff that I know almost nothing about except that it's a new Antidepressant. There's also the option of treating you with meds meant for other stuff...lots of meds can be effective on depression (Zyprexa comes to mind), in the right circumstances.
So you're not out of options yet! :)
Hang in there, it's not a personal failing or a personality flaw, it's an illness, and you have to find the right medicine before you can treat it.Good luck,
sl
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