Posted by AlexCanada on September 12, 2012, at 12:48:16
In reply to Need out of the box suggestions, posted by chicagokat on September 10, 2012, at 10:42:19
Rhodiola Rosea can be worth a try. I have been on few dozen medications and over a dozen supplements. Out of all the supplements/herbals one had worked remarkably well for me for over a year (still to a degree these days but I have to give it a break once in a while). It can work within the first day with full effects after a week or two.
Enhancement in drive, motivation, energy, cognition, and even some restoration of interest. Some say it is a bit like an herbal MAOI but without food restrictions of course. Low doses can be activating, high doses can be sedating.
Stablon may be worth a try as well.
> Hi all,
> I suffer from treatment-resistant depression and I see my pdoc tomorrow afternoon and I am searching for ideas to suggest to him. I have tried all the basic things, and they've all either stopped working for me or had intolerable side effects. This includes:
> SSRIs
> SNRIs
> TCAz
> Atypical antipsychotics
> Mood stabilizers (lithium, lamictal)
> MAOIs (ensam, Nardil Marplan) I should mention that Nardil worked GREAT for my depression and anxietty, but at doses above 45mg it gave me ataxia and I suffered falls...and NO, this was not due to orthostatic hypotension)
> and atypical antidepressants like trazodone and remeron.
> I've also tried ECT, which only made me feel worse.
>
> Right now I'm on Ritalin, and it, too, is giving out on me; I was gonna see how tomorrow goes then give the Ritalin a holiday to see if it will work for me again. I'm aalso on Lyrica for anxiety,, for which it works, but it seems to worsen my depression.
> I was thinking of going back on Lexapro; I was on it last spring, but stopped b/c it wasn't helping my depression, but it occurred to me that it may well have been helping my anxiety, which has come back in force since I stopped the Lexapro.
>
> So does anyone have any other ideas? I've given my pdoc info on Tramadol, but he seems very hesitant to prescribe it.
>
> Thanks for any ideas,
> Kat
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