Antidepressants - An Introduction
You and Your Antidepressant
When Your First Antidepressant Fails
When Your Second Antidepressant Fails
Antidepressants for the Long Haul
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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2 comments:
2nd antidepressant...haha...Almost every antidepresant with everycombo of them with antipsycoticS and mood stabalizers and anti-anxiety...I am a rapid cyclining manic depressive, PTSD, anorexic. Most doctors would have trown me to the curb or even dug the grave for me i'm sure...luckly I have found the most patient understanding Doctor whosdtreated me 10 years with meds and therapy. She has had me hospitalized several times, got second oppions. She Has been frustrated. Ane I, I hAVE BEEN FRUSTRATED. i HONESTLY DON'T KNOW HOW IT IS i'VE LIVED THIS LONG. wHAT KEEP ME ALIVE IS MY 4 YEAR OLD SON i LOVE him GREATER THAN LIfE AT ALL TIMES. lIFE IS HELL, BUT i LIVE TO MAKE SURE MY SON'S LIFE IS NOT HELL.
Hi, Write2s. Many thanks for sharing this. You might want to ask your pdoc about dropping the antidepressant from your cocktail. I'm not an MD, but I make every effort to ensure that the mood-treatment articles on my site reflect the most current thinking in psychiatry - and there clearly is a lot of skepticism about prescribing an antidepressant - even with a mood stabilizer - to people with bipolar, especially those who rapid-cycle.
Your pdoc may have a valid clinical reason, but you're entitled to demand a satisfactory answer.
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