Posted by bleauberry on February 21, 2008, at 21:00:35
In reply to List of conventional ADs exhausted, posted by tensor on February 21, 2008, at 1:45:21
All I know is that if you've given a bunch of different meds from different classes fair trials and none got you very far, then something else is wrong and we are looking at the wrong things.
In the book Amalgam Illness the PHd author gives many suggestions detailed to specificly target the various types of depression. He goes on to say that when nothing seems to work, look no further than the adrenals. Your symptoms fit.
A great place to get a fresh direction is a 24 hour 4 sample saliva cortisol test, which you can order on the net yourself from several labs or have a doctor do it. You can get a complete thyroid test that shows free T3, free T4, reverse T3, and the 3 antibodies. Forget TSH, it's useless. For links on places to learn about all this from other doctors around the world, try taking a look at links at stopthethyroidmadness.com.
When a bunch of psych meds fail, it is commen sense that something else is wrong. The problem is that you and me and most of us get so caught up in the medication arena we almost blindfold ourselves to the basics of the body that allow these meds to work in the first place. If the adrenals and thyroid are not doing their jobs correctly, there are no medications that are going to work for very long or very well. Maybe all along all that was needed was a modest bit of time release T3 or maybe a small physiological replacement dose of HC for the weak adrenals. Testing will make it a lot clearer.
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