Posted by Lou Pilder on May 21, 2015, at 15:10:48
In reply to Re: Memantine (Namenda) makes me feel worse., posted by tom2228 on May 21, 2015, at 11:29:36
> > > Scott,
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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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> > - Scott
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> Have 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?
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> 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.
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> 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.tom,
You wrote,[...life itself needs to be approached...].
I think that's good. Thanks
Lou
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