Posted by iris2 on October 22, 2004, at 12:09:02
In reply to Re: Topomax, posted by rainy on October 22, 2004, at 10:39:35
Linda,
It is my personal experience that most of the time what I or someone else says is well intentioned.
It was not you who brought up the Ritalin. If anyone wants to know I started taking it for hypotention for Parnate and continued to use it as a mood elevator a little and for my extreme fatigue.
Here is the explanation for all the strange meds I take. Each has a little effect on mood or energy but would not be anyone’s first choice in an arsenal for depression.
I have a rare bladder disease called interstitial cystitis or I.C. Luckily most of the time anymore I do not have symptoms except when I take antidepressants, especially ones that are stimulating that would likely help me. My symptoms are urinary frequency/urgency and sometimes extreme pain. I cannot take other types of medications too. I also cannot eat certain foods such as citrus, certain spices etc. I have a huge list of foods to avoid. My pdoc put me on Oxycontin for severe pain I started having from the I.C. which I still take for mood (another odd one). My brother is in naturopathic school and we spoke and decided to try an elimination diet and a regimen of supplements. For 9 months I stayed strictly on this diet and took all the supplements and every symptom disappeared. Except for when I took medications. I am kind of proud of myself that I had enough self disciplin to do this. If the symptoms come back to any great degree I will go back on the supplements and although I still am fairly strict with my diet I could do better. It was even more difficult because I have an eating disorder and messing with my diet is a big deal. I went off of the supplements because I was supposed to taper off of them after 6 months so I followed this whole thing perfectly. Because of the meds I am having some symptoms but not bad although I am taking the Oxycontine for them again. I used to have what is called DSMO therapy for my bladder. It is when the doctor distills a small amount of DSMO ( a chemical solvent) into my bladder. It worked but I think it might be the reason I started having pain with the disease as I had never had pain as a symptom before getting these treatments. I would rather go the natural route especailly since it worked so well and for so long. I know this is more detail than you wanted but I have a hard time knowing how much is enough. Sorry!
irene
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