Posted by stargazer2 on April 22, 2010, at 15:16:54
In reply to Re: Best meds for ADD/Depression/Linkage » stargazer2, posted by SLS on April 22, 2010, at 10:27:33
Thank you for your response...
Answers to your questions:
1.) Symptoms in appeared in my teens (after my sister died), although even younger than this I was extremely shy and self conscious. My symptoms were many, inc. self consciousness, social anxiety, anergia, solmnolence, anhedonia, feeling different, suicidal thoughts.2.) Only drugs that have ever helped are Nardil (worked immediately in 1987), it was the second or 3rd med tried after tricyclic failure. Marplan worked until discontinued (2003) for a few years. Some success (not completely) but able to work 3 so-so years on combination of Wellbutrin, Celexa and Adderall XR. Adderall was the key that I thought that perhaps there is an ADD component to the depression.
Any other med tried alone or in combo have failed.
Right now I am coming off of NArdil to try some of the meds my pdoc would never prescribe while on Nardil.
Great to hear that about Strattera since I have always claimed to my pdoc that I believed the ADD may be the diagnosis that has made me feel incapable of organizing my thoughts and has led me to feel inadequate and incapable of doing anything right. I have no memory for anything I read, forget alot of things and cannot pay attention to anyone after a few minutes.
Thanks again for your insight and analytical ability.
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