Posted by francineus on January 13, 2008, at 15:14:13
In reply to Re: Tried it all... MAO's and Lithium as sole AD ? » francineus, posted by Phillipa on January 13, 2008, at 12:41:41
Thank you so much Philipa, Phoenix and Racer! Your responses made me cry (tears of gratefulness for not being alone, and knowing that people care and are willing to take time out to respond etc). And I don't feel like quite the freak I felt before reading your posts!The doc doesn't think I'm bipolar. I'm just treatment resistant dysthymia and now I can diagnose myself as just a big pain in his butt! All of my calls to him start out "Sorry to bother you again...."
But my moods ARE up and down so I may have some bipolar sx and may benefit from a mood stabilizer. Perhaps I may be more in the cyclothymic range.
( I'm a social worker LCSW , 41 y/o (in semi retirement-due to my depression and to stay at home with my kids) so luckily I am pretty familiar with the terminology/meds and dx stuff. But that works against me at times bc/ sometimes I think I have everything....my worst fear being that I have BPD. I don't think I do, but still, we all have sx of that don't we? Who really is good at being rejected?
Yes, I've read about the Remeron dosage differences. Interesting how it's used..
I tried it at 15, 30 and now 60 and the only difference seems to be that now I have trouble sleeping (leg restlessness)...but that could be the ritalin. The remeron has had no bad side effects,just no real response.The news on the MAO's being different IS hopeful. My doc seemed to imply that if Emsam didn't work that Nardil would probably offer me the same response. Perhaps the Emsam was a fluke and nardil will help. I'll mention trying that and perhaps the lithium too. The Emsam just made me very agitated and I couldn't stop crying. And I had red marks on my skin.
But, your notes were uplifting in and of themselves. Thank you thank you thank you!
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