Posted by bleauberry on December 21, 2009, at 17:48:25
In reply to Re: Is there hope for Post SSRI side effects? » bleauberry, posted by conundrum on December 20, 2009, at 21:29:59
> Thats interesting because I thought remeron would work since it antagonizes various serotonin receptors.
Well, you could be right. I have the same scenario as you. Remeron actually did feel immediately helpful right away, set aside the intense sedation. But within a few days it was dreadfully obvious I was crashing bad on it.
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> Unfortunately I'll probably have to try what my pdoc wants me to try first, since I am the patient and he is the doctor, nevermind that its my body. This likely means an SNRI after my trip back from Europe.You said it right, except you interpretted it backwards. That is, the patient is the boss, the doctor is not. Who is paying who anyway? YOU are the paying customer. HE is providing a service that YOU are paying for. HE works for YOU, you don't work for him. The customer is always the boss. Just because it happens to be mental health instead of cars or retail doesn't change anything. You are in charge. He is there to help you figure things out, make suggestions, and monitor your progress on joint team decisions that you both make together.
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> Its weird, cuz I figured wellbutrin would give me an idea of what NRI would feel like but it seems to have its own feel not similar to other norepinephrine drugs.Wellbutrin really isn't much of an NRI. Very weak. Its mechanisms, as stated in all the literature and labels, is unknown. I have my own hunch it is more involved in the nicotinic and nitric oxide pathways than anything else. What we do know is that its NRI action is rather weak.
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> I just hope to regain the color in my life. I used to be a musician and was studying music in college. Since stopping prozac I've switched majors and music just sounds like notes to me with no feeling. Christmas doesn't even feel like christmas, it feels no different to me than being at the beach this past summer except colder.
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> Well thanks for the support guys.Yeah I hear ya. Color in life. How nice. I'm trying to think what it was in the last few years that allowed me to experience that color again. Let me see. They are not your ususal suspects.
Savella tiny doses.
DMSA (a mercury/lead chelation drug)...felt absolute remission while on it.
Ddoxycyline+tiny dose Hydrocortisone combination (antibiotic and supporting weak adrenals). What beautiful color.It just goes to show you, our symptoms can and do have causes that are not touched by psychiatric drugs, but are impacted positively by other drugs acting upon illnesses, diseases, or conditions we weren't aware we had.
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