Posted by chicagokat on September 12, 2012, at 13:23:17
In reply to Re: Need out of the box suggestions » chicagokat, posted by AlexCanada on September 12, 2012, at 12:48:16
> 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.
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> 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.
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> Stablon may be worth a try as well.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > So does anyone have any other ideas? I've given my pdoc info on Tramadol, but he seems very hesitant to prescribe it.
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> > Thanks for any ideas,
> > Kat
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>Thanks for the tip...I've noticed Rhodiola come up a lot on the forums and have been thinking of trying it....do you think it would be safe with Tramadol? or Ritalin if I fail the Tramadol trial?
I've done some reading, and I found a very interesting study on Magnesium and TRD...wish I had the link for you now, but if you're interested, I'm sure I can find it.
Kat
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