Posted by RetiredYoung on June 17, 2005, at 12:24:02
In reply to Re: Is There A Magic Pill?, posted by yesac on June 17, 2005, at 11:11:43
Thanks to everyone for this thread; it's very interesting.
My take is this: it's all relative. Over the past seventeen years, I have thought that I'd found *the* pill(s) to fix everything several times. Unfortunately, it never seems to last. Some combination of poop-out and real world stress events inevitably kick up and render the "magic" of my life-changing pill(s) impotent. The other problem I've had is that the side effects from something that is working almost too good to be true, are almost too bad to be true.
Some examples: Pamelor worked great for me for depression years ago; until my doctor realized that my resting pulse was 115 and I would burn my heart out with long term use of Pamelor. Also, Lexapro worked very well for me for over a year, until the dreaded poop-out occurred; raising the dosage up to 50mg didn't resolve it.
Right now, I'm on Prozac and Zyprexa. It's been somewhat magical for me, but of course my food expenses are up 150%.
If there is a trick, it's to use the window you're given when a med or med combo is working well for you to really dig in and get therapy, learn to meditate, fix your job or relationship problems, ...whatever..., so that the next time your remission ends, your legs are a bit stronger to stand on your own.
Regards,
Jim
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