Posted by MidnightBlue on July 26, 2005, at 11:55:43
In reply to Oh, crumbs! Feeling less-than-stellar again, posted by Racer on July 24, 2005, at 17:33:12
Racer,
Except for the eating disorder (and I probably have that, too, I just medicate myself with sugary, starchy, food instead of restricting) you and I probably have the same dx. I was thinking about asking a pdoc about Cymbalta, and Wellbutrin is the ONLY drug I really ever responded to though it no longer works.
Have you found doctors trying to shove mood stabilizers on you? I took depakote for 10 years because of migraines and all the dpocs kept saying oh you can't quit that you need it for mood! WHY it made me feel worse! One pdoc who acknowledged I was NOT bipolar upped my depakote and said don't you feel better now? NO I almost screamed I feel WORSE! Like DUH!
Just the other day my internist say OH you aren't on a mood stabilizer you probably need one. NO I don't. If zero is normal and not happy, the BEST I have EVER been is 1. That is not manic or even hypomanic.
They have wanted me to take Lithium too. On TOP of the depakote, ambien, wellbutrin, etc. All they want to do it ADD things.
I will share this bit of wisdom. I don't know if you have tried an MAOI, but a research doc did suggest that as a possibility. He wasn't in position to prescribe it and no one else has offered. I don't know if I would take one or not. I'm getting pretty used to being miserable.
MB
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