Posted by tom2228 on May 21, 2015, at 11:29:36
In reply to Re: Memantine (Namenda) makes me feel worse. » Lamdage22, posted by SLS on May 21, 2015, at 0:00:19
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> > if it makes you even worse, what are you going to do??
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> I guess I'll do what I always do. I will continue to keep an eye on new drugs that become available. However, I feel the need to explore various brain stimulation techniques - both electric current and magnetic field types. In the meantime, I am adding various vitamins and supplements. For now, I am focusing on D and B12 along with inositol. Deplin (L-methylfolate) was of no help.
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> - ScottHave you tried Desoxyn yet? I'm not currently taking it but am asking for a switch back tomorrow. What's worse, the stigma/ fear of Desoxyn, DBS, or a life of TRD? What's in a name anyway, especially if you have no history of substance abuse?
Part of me wonders whether you're afraid to be happy and let go of the need to think about medication, which while necessary while one is struggling, is a pretty effective way to live in one's head and distract oneself from change or more helpful ways of coping that include a degree of uncomfortability. I only say this because I've struggled with this for quite some time now. I have tried 51 medications and FINALLY I am coming out of what seems to have been a decade of depression and a lifetime of unhappiness.
Are you in therapy or an outpatient or partial group setting? I highly suggest it. If we could do this on our own we would have already. I remember reading a post saying that you felt best when you were in a program. I know depressive symptoms hold one back but life itself needs to be approached as aggressively as medication treatment. This requires rigorous honest, open-mindedness, and willingness.
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