Posted by SLS on July 29, 2011, at 20:17:32
In reply to Would a cry be good? I can't.SLS?, posted by Zonked on July 29, 2011, at 9:20:09
> Where is that relief I had a few weeks ago?
I wish I knew. After my initial brief response to Nardil, it took another three months before it returned.
> Sometimes I wish I could cry, but all ADs prevent me from doing it.
Depression itself can prevent one from crying, especially if anergia and psychomotor retardation are evident. There is a genuine lack of energy to be able to cry. I could see how SSRIs could worsen this inability to cry by inducing amotivation and the numbing of emotions.
> I am not going off Nardil, and I look at my posts where I was feeling better and wonder what it is about me that I can't get the effect consistent this time.
If doctors were capable of testing for responsivity to specific drugs, things would be much easier for the patient as there would be fewer drug failures and a reduction in the side effects to be tolerated.
> So many pills, so little time.
Yes. It is a race to be won through patience.
My response to treatment has been more and more variable recently, with more worsenings than impovements. I would not use my case as a model for your mood illness, however. Each case represents a conglomeration of biology and psychology with a unique resulting phenotype. You and I might respond very differently to the same drug.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.
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