Posted by Cecilia on July 25, 2005, at 6:04:20
In reply to Pyschotherapy and Drugs » Cecilia, posted by Declan on July 25, 2005, at 1:09:10
No, the only thing I can really say had any positive effect was benzos. The first time I ever tried Xanax, I was in a very bad emotional state, seriously considering ECT and in a state of overwhelming terror at the idea, and when I was prescribed some Xanax it seemed like a miracle, the first med of the many I`d tried that actually made me feel better. It didn`t last though. I still take clonazepam but I`m not really convinced it does anything, I think your body just adjusts to it. I`m trying Milnacipram now, ordered from overseas. I couldn`t tolerate Effexor or Cymbalta and figured Milnacipran would be just as bad, but so far, though it has some of the same side effects as Cymbalta (dilated pupils, sweating, hot flashes) they`re not as bad. I`m definitely not holding my breath for any positive effects though. I`m not sure if depression gets worse as you get older, in some ways yes, because I start thinking of all the horrible diseases and disabilities that await as you get older, but then on the other hand, at least I`m getting closer to the end. I think I`ve been depressed my whole life, but I really don`t see how any AD could help that much because I think my depression is mainly secondary to my severe social anxiety and all the things I`ve missed in life because of it. Maybe if I`d gotten adequate treatment when I was young my life would have been different. When I was in college many eons ago I saw a pdoc who came to my college once a month from a famous clinic. He prescribed an AD but never bothered to tell me they take 6 weeks to take effect. I had no concept of a pill doing anything for depression, just thought it was a "pep" pill and when it didn`t give me any pep stopped after a couple of doses. When I saw him a month later he still didn`t explain how ADs worked, just told me I was expecting a pill to make me happy and no pill would, instead he wanted me to have my parents fly out to his clinic for a weekend of family therapy. I was like NO WAY!!!!!!! and that was that, I didn`t try ADs again for 20 years. (I learned how they were supposed to work long before that of course, but just figured I was neurotic and defective and hopeless). Of course, even if I`d had a decent doctor then, the meds available at the time were few. Cecilia
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