Posted by Cecilia on August 20, 2008, at 6:47:40
In reply to Re: The stakes are too high. » Cecilia, posted by SLS on August 20, 2008, at 5:08:11
I am glad that you finally had success and hope it lasts. It's just that from my experiences with lower doses I can not begin to imagine taking the high doses of Nortriptyline and Nardil you take. I have learned the hard way to always always start with the quarter of the smallest tablet available, with some like Wellbutrin and Nortriptyline I worked up over many many months. I was counting out beads on Cymbalta, could never make it up to a therapeutic dose. Some people really ARE med sensitive. I have also learned the hard way that due to my anxiety I can not tolerate anything with norephineprine. Interesting that going through so many trials made you more able to tolerate meds, with me it's been the opposite. Some meds that were tolerable (though not helpful) on a first trial were unbearable on a second. Who knows what all these meds have done to my brain. I think my depression is secondary to my anxiety, which is probably secondary to genetic factors and a lousy childhood. Anyway, just felt hurt by the implication that people don't get better because they aren't willing to put up with side effects, when I had been through SO many horrible ones. But of course I understand that everyone is different, I am so constantly amazed at people giving up effective meds because of loss of libido, so incredibly jealous of them for actually finding a med that works with what to me is a meaningless side effect but what is obviously a deal breaker for them. But obviously that is their right, everybody has different priorities in life. Cecilia
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