Posted by bleauberry on May 8, 2011, at 4:47:59
In reply to Now what?, posted by markwell on May 7, 2011, at 16:16:56
I really hate to say it, but the first thing that jumped out at me was the need for a new doctor. I mean, if he thinks lithium or ect are your only options, geez, that is so wrong. There are so many options we don't have time in a lifetime to try them all.
I'm not sure if the intense depression you talked about was directly attached to the tegretol or if it was already like that before tegretol. If tegretol is aggravating it, I can't imagine continuing to take it. That just boggles my mind. At the most basic level it just defies logic and begs for trouble.
The patient feels aweful. This new med makes the patient feel even more aweful. Cool, let's keep taking it. Huh?? Sorry, I don't get that..
I'm not familiar with your previous meds so I can't really make any suggestions there. For sure there should be some plant medicines in the mix along with the pharmaceuticals. My opinion.
I don't know what the provigil is doing for you or if it causes problems, so no comment there. it wouldn't be surprising is some of the edginess and depression was from that as well. Maybe? Has to be considered.
Cordyceps.
What have you done outside of the psychiatric toolbox? I ask simply because when we get to the point where you are, it is no longer optional or alternative....it becomes mandatory simply by the rules of elimination. Multiple drug failures seem confounding and confusing to most people. It used to do that with me too. But it's not confusing. It's just your body screaming at you....except you aren't listening....that your whole strategy is way off target. It means the meds are impacting stuff that doesn't need to be impacted, impacting stuff that isn't a problem, or too limited in scope to deal with the more widespread comprehensive biologies involved. Meds are so targeted they can miss a lot. We need an approach that covers a lot of potential bases all at the same time. Meds alone aren't very good at that.
Let's say these things happen in the next month:
Diet is seriously overhauled and improved.
Anti-inflammation plants are consumed.
Anti-microbial plants are consumed.
Pro-immune system plants are consumed.
Plants with a ton of scientific evidence in addition to several thousand years of actual usage that help to heal and modulate diverse body chemistries are consumed.When all of the above are done, psychiatric symptoms cannot help but to improve or go away. Lessen the body's burdens, no matter what they are, and symptoms have no other direction to go except better. Meds will almost always work better and be more cooperative as well.
Expel evil and support the righteous. We don't know what the evil's are, but you can be pretty sure at least 2 or 3 of the above list, if not all, are at play. I personally don't see provigil or tegretol doing anything along these lines. Those are purely for attempting to address specific symptoms without any concept or concern of the bigger picture that is causing/aggravating the symptoms.
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