Posted by Ilene on July 14, 2005, at 19:22:39
In reply to The Pain of Treatment Resistant Depression » Ilene, posted by Ron Hill on July 14, 2005, at 2:47:27
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> How can I help you, Ilene? For starters, I could be your friend! :-)
>See you over on Social!
> What are your depression symptoms?
>I feel unmotivated, slowed down, stupid, uninterested and uninteresting, I sleep a lot, I think about suicide off and on.
> What is your dx?
>Unipolar depression.
> What are your current meds and dosages?
Prozac 60 mg, soon to go up to 80 mg, Abilify 10 mg, down from 20, Cytomel 1 microgram. I used to take Neurontin but went off it when I read it was linked to suicide.
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> > The weather is gloomy, too. We don't see the sun very often in summer.
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> Do you live down under? The reason I ask is that I live in a western mountain state in the US and the sun goes away in the winter much more than it does in the summer.
>No, I live on the west side of San Francisco. We get a lot of summer fog. It gets sucked in through the Golden Gate. Pretty to look at when you're out of it, gloomy when you're in it.
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