Posted by temoigneur on September 24, 2005, at 0:01:28
I'm at Stanford, in the 'mifepristone for schizoaffective disorder trial'. The double blinded portion lasts nine days, after which I can take mifepristone for nine more if I find I was taking placebo.
I won't try to give a detailed description of the study components as I'm still fairly groggy on clomipramine and risperidal. I'm glad to share though, that the study coordinator told me that for those for whom it worked, it seems to be working really well, and there's good reason to hope that for many, the mifepristone will restore some medications to their original efficacy - this is good news!!;)
Today I took my first dose of the study drug, and I notice subtle improvements that could be a placebo effect. Nonetheless, I find my thoughts flow a little more freely, I didn't worry this evening about drinking stimulating drinks, where in the past they may have given me mild delusional tendencies. It was just chocolate milk, tomorrow comes the coffee test. - Had a comforting warm feeling - I'm not sure what psych test indicates positive reading on that as a definitive improvement in condition.
Unfortunately my wireless card can't reliably access the network, so I'll try to log on the cafeteria terminals.
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