I've been on the forum before, and I DESPERATELY need input from you guys if you don't mind helping. After going thru a Major Depressive Disorder for 14 months and being medication resistant to...
In a very bad way so I decided to come to the forums. Had pharmocogenetic testing done but it really hasn’t amounted to much help yet. Found out I was supposedly not metabolizing the anti-d’s...
3Shadows, so much of your story sounds like mine. Sensitive to just about all medications, medication resistant, overwhelming depression & anxiety, feeling hopeless after fighting so hard for so long...
That's what my sister says, getting by. Her last bout lasted more than a year. I'm 6 months into this horrible depression/anxiety, and we haven't even come close to finding any relief for me. I know...
Oh, my gosh, I had a really horrible experience with Klonipin. I have been taking the Lorazepam so long it really doesn't work for me anymore. So about 6 weeks ago, I was taking another...
Sorry, Happy Turtle, that I have not been on the forum for a while - physical health problems as well as overwhelming depression. But I'm sorry because you are always so responsive and encouraging to...
Been on Remeron for 4 months. It does not help my depression, nor does it help me sleep. As a matter of fact, NOTHING YET HAS HELPED AND I AM IN A REALLY BAD WAY! Still hoping for some relief. But to...
Thank you so much, Taygeta. God bless!...
Thanks, everyone, for your responses. I'm in a really bad way today and have been for weeks. Feeling so hopeless. Life is so short, & to have wasted the last 6 months of my life feeling like I'd be...
Hi to everyone. Been off the boards for a while because I have been very sick physically - 2 ER trips in less than a week. One was because of a kidney stone, and the other was due to a serious...
Thanks, pitmom....
I am most anxious to know if anyone here on the forum has ever (or knows someone who has) had genetic testing regarding metabolic enzymes? I am medication-resistant, and everything I try taking for...
Angel/Lisa, thanks for the info. I might try inquiring here on the forum about anyone who might have done the genetic testing related to metabolic enzymes. My best to you!...
Hi, Angel Lisa. Sorry I haven't been on the forum the past few days. My doc says I've got something going on in my system that's causing the medicine to metabolize so much faster than in the normal...
I am in a really bad way and don't know if anybody will respond, but if anybody out there can help, I'd appreciate it. Having been in a major depressive/anxiety episode for the past 5 1/2 months,...
Reysone, thanks so much for your comments. It's all very helpful to me....
Thanks for the info., Angel....
Chris, my family has a lot of illness to cope with, so I can relate to what you're saying. And although I don't need anybody to tell me, my psych. and family & friends all reiterate that life is...
Chris, I can't offer much help at this point because something happened with my system about 6 months ago that made everything go haywire and I found myself in the middle of this godawful...
Hi, Karen. I took Abilify a few months back for a short while. It didn't really help except for about 2 days total in the 6 wks. or so that I took it, but I had to get off of it because I started to...
Thank you so much, Happy Turtle. I hope it does as well for me. My doc didn't know how to explain what "kind" of rash, just to watch out for something new that might pop up. Gotta admit that makes me...
My dr. put me on Lamictal today to take in addition to Remeron & Klonipin (also new). Tonight will be my first dose. He told me I have to monitor my skin for a rash which can be very serious but that...
KChrispcat & Matina, thanks for the input. Yes, depression does run in my family. My sister has suffered from clinical depression for many years and has had some very serious, debilitating episodes...
Karen, do you, or anybody else who might read this, know what the "general rule of thumb" therapeutic dosage of Remeron is? I know it varies with the individual, but does anybody know how many mgs....
Karen, I never heard of either CBT or DBT or the nerve thing. When I'm in a better frame of mind, I will do some research. I do see a psychiatrist. I was wondering about hypnosis and plan on...
I started the thread entitled "Desperate for Help", so there are more details about me there. But is anybody else out there seemingly resistant to medication, and if so, what did you do? ECT's and...
No, Happy Turtle, it has not been mentioned, but that could be because my sister had them with drastically bad results. She lost a lot of memory which she never gained back, and they did not help her...
Thank you so much for checking in on me, Happy Turtle. Yes, my doc is a psychiatrist, but he's kind of at a loss my case is so confusing. Which is why he referred me, back in April, to the other docs...
All I can say is that I wouldn't wish depression (and anxiety) on my worst enemy, and it's so frustrating that you try so hard to help yourself, pray so hard to get better, and still feel like you're...
Hi Perfect Time. Been on antidepressants for years but depression and anxiety got uncontrollable approx. 4 months ago. Drs. started me on Remeron 8 wks. ago for depression & anxiety & it is still not...
I so confused I don't know what's going on. As I stated previously, I took the Lexapro Wednesday, but then felt so bad all day after taking it that I contacted my doctor about what was happening. I...
I know everybody's probably in bed by now, so I'm just venting I guess. It's been a bad day & night. I know it's too soon for the Lexapro to do any good because I just took my first 5 mg. early this...
You're a sweetheart, Karen. Thanks for the advice and the encouragement....
Happy Turtle & to all of you who have posted, please accept my deepest gratitude because it helps so much to have your input. A strange thing happened to me this morning. I awoke early so I could...
Hi, Trina. Appreciate your concern. I am on Ativan along with the Remeron. The problem is that neither is really helping, or rather I should say, they probably have kept me out of a straight jacket,...
Not very good. My psych. just called & he's going to add Lexapro to the Remeron. All I can do is pray it doesn't cause me to react the way all meds. have since January which is to throw my anxiety...
Thank you, Happy Turtle....
Myself 09, thanks so much for responding. That's what I intend to do. It's just that I've done it so many times and I'm still at Square One. Thanks for caring....
Karen, thanks so much for taking the time to respond. I have always been a Type A personality and a worrier, but this overwhelming anxiety I've been experiencing along with the very severe depression...
Very long story but will try to make it as concise as possible. Been on antidepressants for what was apparently mild depression for more than 20 years, but starting about a year ago, none were...