Posted by Racer on August 4, 2005, at 16:50:04
Or the LabORatory...
I called Dr CattleProd's office to move up my appointment. For any of you who remember what last year was like for me, you might understand why that would be hard for me, so I resisted. But right now, I'm just not doing well enough to hold out like this until late September.
Right now, though, I'm back to that very negative sort of "I don't want to try any drugs at all, they're all worse than the depression, etc." I could use support, with a little education mixed in, if anyone could offer it.
Here's the thing: I am sick of getting fat, sedated, and constipated on anti-depressants. I want to be able to move, to stay awake, and heaven help me -- I want to be thin again more than I can say. PLEASE do not tell me that I have to compromise my quality of life in order to feel better -- that's one of those things I do to myself already. I can do it better than you can, so please consider it already adequately done, 'K?
So, support in the sense that someone understands how hard it is for me to consider taking anything, because of too many bad experiences. Education because there are two things I'm going to bring up to discuss with him: stimulants and thyroid.
Stims are probably a bad idea, but they're worth talking about. They may also be impossible, since I'm on Wellbutrin XL, so they're probably academic. Thyroid is something he brought up way back in the beginning, because he says that his experience is that adding thyroid hormone in can boost someone into better response to anti-depressants, and that he'll sometimes boost someone into mildly hyperthyroid to get a response.
So, can anyone tell me anything about side effects -- and other effects -- of thyroid supplements? Have they helped you? Have you tried them and not been helped?
And please consider this a good place for me to scream. Loudly. I'm so sick of all this.
Thank you for your attention to this situation. Yours sincerely,...
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