Posted by Justherself54 on November 16, 2004, at 16:20:28
In reply to Re: An introduction from a medicine head » underthewave, posted by saw on November 16, 2004, at 8:35:31
I used to come on this site but had a major meltdown last year so had to register again. I know what you mean by being a medicine head. Over the last few years I have been on Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Mannerix, amitriptaline, nortripaline, Effexor and Celexa, all without much success. Turns out I was misdiagnosed for many years and was just treated with AD's only. I am bipolar so now my pdoc and I are trying to find the right drug cocktail to get me feeling better.
Right now I am taking valproic acid, 100 mg Zoloft, 20 mg. Paxil, Ritalin, clonazapam and Zoplcone for sleep. I'm trying to get back to work after being off for over a year but it's really hard. I'm so drug resistant and even ECT treatments didn't work.
I have however, learned to accept that it's not my fault and I can't "snap out of it". It's my brain chemicals and genes and it's part of who I am. I feel that dealing with this has made me a more tolerant and caring person when I see other people going through difficult times. When someone is calling someone down I'll be the first one to say "you never know what could be going on in that person's life".
Well, enough babbling for one go, but after all this is psycho-babble isn't it!! :)
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