Posted by Anna Laura on June 1, 2001, at 16:11:53
In reply to Re: I'M DESPERATE » Anna Laura, posted by SalArmy4me on May 31, 2001, at 22:05:40
> Did you start on SSRI's in the beginning?
Thanks for answering everybody.
I did start Prozac a couple of months ago: i gave it a 8 weeks trial but ii didn't work much.
I felt better just for a few days (i felt more like my old self, thought it was rather promising, crossing my fingers, but all of a sudden it pooped out).
After a couple of weeks i decided to see a specialist instead of endlessly mixing and trying all kind of meds cocktails. I thought that perhaps he'd had helped me to find the right medication/cocktail in a shorter time.
I tried another SSRI before Prozac a couple of years ago (Zoloft): it worked but still a partial response. I think i've been giving SSRI a fair trial, haven't I?
I'm supposed to call the psychopharmacologist (the guy who prescribed me with Amytriptiline and levosulpiride) on next Tuesday to tell him how's going with the medications. I guess he is going to tell me to switch medication since they don't seem to work that much (i had the same old damned partial response on them).
The first antidepressant i took was in 1993 (tofranil) : i had a partial response on that too.
Before seeing him i was still hoping i got some more chances even if my my hopes were getting narrower by the time i tried a new medication that didn't not work. But this time i've been badly hurt by his words (he told me that my uncomplete response both to TCA and SSRI was a predictive factor of poor prognosis). I felt lost, and right now i'm thinking i'll never recover.
poster:Anna Laura
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