Posted by softheprairie on February 22, 2009, at 22:45:29
In reply to Re: Is this a sign of being Bipolar? » softheprairie, posted by Incubusfan on February 22, 2009, at 21:53:59
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> > Plain-old depression problems for many years. (I also have the hoarding type of OCD, which my dr. lists as my most prominent disorder, and inattentive ADD, but the perphenazine doesn't help those.) I take several other meds, too.
> > My mood has _finally_ gotten better most of the time such that I am rarely using it PRN, maybe once a month or so of late.> > After you get permission, I predict you'll be glad you tried upping the dose and/or frequency!
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> > It's funny, but I do understand what you say about not minding the T.D. if perphenazine gives you your happiness again.
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> I do some hoarding as well, fortunately for me, it's of the digital nature(collecting thousands of old games I'll never play, or touch, but feel the need to archive them for myself). What have you found to help with your OCD? Something that works on serotonin? CBT/ERP?The only help has been from a local woman experienced in dealing w/ hoarders at their homes. She dosen't have a graduate degree and is only licensed as a mental health technician, and now that she does this independently she can only claim to be a mental health case manager. But, I found her more useful than some licensed practitioners who do have advanced degrees (although, she's the only one who has come to my house). Anyways, my psychiatrist and she used to work at the same facility, and he gave me her card. I'm currently unemployed and on disability for mental problems. My mom paid her privately to come to my home and go through things with me and talk me into letting go of things and getting better organized. That was when I was using PRN perphenazine a lot, because I dreaded her coming over and dealing with the mess directly gave me a lot of anxiety and brought on sobbing (before or after she got here). But, it was expensive, and my mom couldn't afford to keep on with such an expense, so we had to taper off/ go with less frequent visits and then stop altogether. I'm
backsliding, I'm sorry to say. I don't think ERP would do any good for me -- I'm already exposed to my mess all day. Sometimes I try to convince myself of something w/ CBT, but it seldom works.
Serotonin meds haven't helped.
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> I've found adderall to help tremendously with my inattentive ADD, but I use it as sparingly as possible, as I do not want to build a tolerance.
>I've tried several different stimulant medications in the past several years, and some may have helped my depression, but I don't know if I got an improvement in attention or not. I was most looking to first treat my depression, and when my desipramine didn't "play well" with the mixed amphetamine salts (generic Adderall) (they gave me scary heart episodes and exhaustion when gardening in the summer) I decided I had to pick one or the other, and decided on the desipramine that was so helpful to my depression.
> On a side note, I'm just awe of how many intelligent, wonderful people are on this board. I've never seen anything like it before.
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> Thanks,
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> - MikeAww, that's very nice.
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