Posted by Dinah on February 26, 2005, at 8:56:37
In reply to Re: I don't blame you :-( » Dinah, posted by SLS on February 26, 2005, at 6:46:32
> Hi Dinah.
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> > I think I'm just going to have to gut it out without an AD.
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> Anafranil?
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> Zyprexa?
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> Pull yourself up by your bootstraps?Hope the depression will pass? I've only had extended periods of major depression two or three times in my life. My therapist thinks this is time four, but I think it might be too early to judge that.
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> Out of curiosity, do you have OCPD? Maybe some of your difficulties can be addressed with more specific psychotherapeutics.No, I'm pretty sure my husband has that, and I soooo do not. :)
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> (I'm just reaching for sh*t)
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> What was it about nortriptyline that you found disagreeable?
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Same as Effexor and to a greater degree Wellbutrin. Akasthesia (sp?) and the nasty sort of hypomania.> To what degree does you OCD interfere with your day-to-day functioning?
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Not so much really. It's largely under control. It was my initial diagnosis, but responded well to cognitive behavior therapy.I'm not sure DSM-IV has a good category for me. In general, I just have a highly reactive nervous system, and I have problems with mood regulation and lots of anxiety. But right now, I am depressed. At least I think I might be. Suicidal thinking, not grooming myself, having trouble concentrating on work or anything else, sleeping too much, or sometimes too little. Still, it's hard to pull the strands of everything going on. Grief at my father's death, physical reactions to diabetes and food, and disgust at myself for not accomplishing my work for whichever reason is accurate. There are alternate explanations to depression, I think.
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> - Scott
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Thanks Scott. I appreciate it. But I'm pretty sure I'm hopeless in the medication area. My therapist is pushing me to get an AD, and every once in a while I get excited about a new possibility. But every new drug looks like a repackage of a prior one. I haven't seen any truly new ones in a while. I can't bear another norepinephrine induced agitation. Not even as a trial. If things are bad enough long enough, I might break down and take the Luvox. But it's hard to look down the road and say I might feel better in six to eight weeks, when I know that right now I just feel lousy on top of whatever I felt before.I'm really not a general pain in the rear about meds. I'm happy with my mood stabilizer and anti-anxiety drug. And I don't mind taking antipsychotics (for agitation) and Provigil (a stimulant?) as needed. They just need to do some improvements in the antidepressant drug arena.
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