Posted by SLS on January 22, 2013, at 3:27:58
In reply to Re: hyperfocus' response » hyperfocus, posted by tensor on January 22, 2013, at 1:00:11
Nice exchange, guys.
> I have had so many depressive episodes in my life and a sustained remission is not likely.
That might appear true inductively, but perhaps not deductively. A long history of treatment failures sets an empirical trend, but not an absolute certainty. I don't think you can conclude deductively that a sustained remission is unlikely until you have exhausted all treatment possibilities. While I haven't reached full remission yet, my robust response to my current treatment regime has been a surprise to me; this, after 30 years of treatment failures. I cannot say with certainty that you are likely to respond to prazosin or minocycline, but it is certain that you cannot pronounce yourself untreatable until you do.
I guess that seems like a rather cold approach to using logic. However, in my mind, it makes sense. It has been one of the major reasons that I have not taken my own life. I find sighted hope to be more compelling than blind hope, so I educated myself in order to find it.
An interesting mix might include Lamictal, Abilify, minocycline, and Wellbutrin. This treatment proposition is not necessarily designed with you in mind. I don't recall your symptoms or treatment history. However, it is an example of a new way of using old drugs. Polypharmacy may be necessary in your case until new treatments emerge from medical science.
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- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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