Posted by saralyn on June 3, 2004, at 15:11:32
In reply to Re: OK, try a cholinesterase inhibitor + AD » Chairman_MAO, posted by AMD on June 3, 2004, at 14:10:53
> I will look into this, but at this point I have ZERO trust of my psychiatrists or mood stablizing medicines in general. My experience thus far as been
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> mood stablizers == stupid pills
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> Yeah, you're not depressed or manic because you don't have the freakin' brain cells any more.
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Yea, I felt that way too, that's why I've kinda taken myself off all meds just to feel alive for now.
Tell me what else you have taken, AMD. Though most mood stabilizers/anti-epileptics are cognitive dulling, they *shouldn't* cause any permanent damage. Unless I'm mistaken, they work to suppress hyperactivity and misfirings in the brain (hence their use in epilepsy and bipolar), thereby exhibiting a neuroprotective action, albeit an extremely intrusive one.
If it's taking you this long to get over the side effects from Trileptal after having stopped it for this long I'm wondering if perhaps there was a problem with the way you were metabolizing trileptal, perhaps with other drug combinations? It is enzyme-inducing so there are potential drug-drug interactions.As for trying a cholinesterase inhibitor, it sounds interesting (increased cognition, you say? wow. Wonder why I was never told about this :-(
) and a consideration in the future if I ever decide to go back on meds. Right now I'm feeling good and *clean* without anything to mask my feelings/thoughts.
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