Posted by alesta on September 28, 2004, at 12:16:40
In reply to Re: Cymbalta (duloxetine) - report, posted by SLS on September 26, 2004, at 14:10:00
Hi, Scott,:)
How are you doing today? I agree with the other posters; you’ve helped so many people! :-) and I recently read a past thread where you posted and was touched by your compassion and insight concerning the multitude of degrees of suffering. it was a haunting read..
I read some info concerning treating treatment-resistant depression recently, and I wanted to share it with you. there’s a new discovery indicating that treatment-resistant depressives actually have a dysfunction in the brain (rather than just temporary chemical level abnormalities or whatever of “normal” depressed people, I suppose), which is why they don’t respond to medications. And so now they’re taking this new finding and are going to try and develop an antidepressant specifically for treatment-resistant depressives! http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-10/pg-rbi093003.php This is so exciting! So there’s new hope on the horizon. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-10/pg-rbi093003.
I also read an article that mentioned a *very* high dose of parnate as being an efficacious option for treatment-resistant depressives (people who don’t respond well to meds for depression). this makes sense--parnate hits more neurotransmitters than most, and then raising the dose way above normal in order to get a response is a great idea, and would be a fantastic way to get as much neurotransmitter action as possible. Here is the web site. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2710808&dopt=Abstract.
I see that your doc decided to raise your lamictal dosage. I think that’s a good idea, rather than raising your cymbalta dosage..lamictal sounds like a great antidepressant! I looked up some ratings for it a while ago, and it had rave reviews; there was no mention of cognitive problems. Is this a rare side effect? Anyway, also, I think a very high dosage of cymbalta could potentially be very difficult to withdraw from.
Also there’s some success of treatment with electromagnetic stimulation. http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/fe446.htm So that’s an option...
Oh, (you’re going to be bored by the end of this post :)) I also read that some ppl w/ treatment-resist. dep. could have food allergies. See: http://www.consciouschoice.com/issues/cc1211/foodallergies1211.html) I’m not saying you do..it’s just a possibility..and, also, aspartame causes depression and should be avoided. I hope some of this information might be helpful. I tried, anyway!..;)keep that chin up, chico!:)
Take care, Scott
Amy:)
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