Posted by SadSuzie on June 15, 2000, at 16:38:19
In reply to Re: Andrew B - A Question, posted by AndrewB on June 15, 2000, at 9:17:17
Andrew,
Thanks for the response. I have been a silent observer of this site for about a year and have come to value your advice and insight. It is very possible that the post I read referenced anxiety - not depression.
Like many who post here, I have atypical depression ,social phobia and inattentive ADD. I've tried many antidepressants and anti-anxiety drugs with only partial relief. SSRIs make me climb the wall, and destroy my appetite (I'm thin and can't afford the weight loss). I became suicidal on Prozac, and the suicidal thoughts stopped as soon as the drug left my system. I've been through most of the tricyclics, Effexor (not XR), Parnate, Nardil, Neurotin, Buspar, etc., etc., etc.
I had my "best" response (but not complete) to Nardil, but couldn't take the side effects. I just completed a selegiline patch study and had pretty good results with it. It took care of the depression, the ADD somewhat, but not the social anxiety.
Before entering the selegiline study, I was taking Adderall and Klonopin, and they worked pretty well, except I got very tired and edgy between doses of Adderall. I see my local psy in two week and may go back to that combo. She's pretty receptive to my suggestions.
I live in hope, but it is getting tougher all the time.
suz
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> Suzie,
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> I've never read that too much serotonin may cause depression. Too much may cause anxiety, cognitive impairment, and other side effects, but not depression. Why do you ask? Have some of the meds you have taken made your mood worse?
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> Note that tianeptine’s mode of action is a bit mysterious. Though it does lower serotonin, this, in all likelihood, does not explain its efficacy.
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> I took tianeptine for a few days but I had to stop before I gave it a reasonable trial. I was gettig quite hateful towards my fellow man. I became scared that if I continued to progress I would turn into a Ted Bundy type! (What is it they say abouot violent criminals having low levels of serotonin in their brains?)
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> I've looked at this site (and others occasionally) for over a year, and I remember only one positive personal experience with tianeptine, so I will refer you to that. It was written by Pandey M on May 9. 1999. The post is entitled, "5 Months on Tianeptine'.
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> Anna P, who posts here somewhat regularly, is taking tianeptine now with what I understand are unremarkeable results.
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> Tianeptine may be most helpful for depression that is combined with 1) anxiety 2) mental impairment caused by the depression or 3) mood instabilty.
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> AndrewB
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