Posted by bleauberry on September 30, 2008, at 17:17:23
In reply to Exotic Meds for Treatment Resistant Depression, posted by glenni on September 27, 2008, at 5:11:48
Exotic meds for depression? Ok. How about the antibiotic Doxycycline. How about the lead/mercury chelator DMSA. I think too often we look only at the brain and fail to consider there is something else going on in the body that is impacting the brain. Like a chronic critter infection or low level metal toxicity. The absolute best I've ever felt was when on either of the above meds. They were short bursts and maybe a hint of better things to come, but certainly blew away any of the 30+ psych meds I've ever tried.
Other than that, look at stuff that doesn't make sense. Really. Not kidding. If all the stuff that makes sense doesn't work, then logic says you gotta look somewhere else because there is something else going on that you haven't identified yet.
And of course combinations abound. Maybe someone did not do well with zoloft or remeron, but did great when they tried them together? Prozac lousy, zyprexa lousy, but both together great? Ya know? Those kinds of things happen all the time. How about the guy who was bedridden for two years, was on prozac and ritalin, and then was woken from the dead to a brand new life as soon as memantine was added. Stuff happens like that.
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