sage: Still of Natasha Romanova from Iron Man 2 (bear hug)

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posted by [personal profile] sage at 11:35pm on 03/11/2012
*hugs your brain*

Wellbutrin and I were a match made in HELL. I had all the side effects and none of the benefits, even at max dosage. I hope very much you can get in with a new and awesome psychiatrist. There are new antidepressants on the market now that may be different enough from what you've tried that they give you some relief. Also, you might want to ask to get your Vitamin D level checked, since major depression is the main symptom of deficiency, and no antidepressant will work if you're D-deficient in the first place.

*stabs apathy, encourages things of yay* <3
Edited Date: 2012-11-03 11:36 pm (UTC)
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posted by [personal profile] malnpudl at 12:56am on 04/11/2012
This apathy thing has been horrible. Even things that I've always been able to count on to give me a mood lift, I'm just... *shrug*. Whatever. And I HATE that. It's pretty much the opposite of my true nature.

Man, neuro-chemistry is all so individual, isn't it? One size not only doesn't fit all, it doesn't even fit most, nor anything like.

Thanks for the Vitamin D suggestion. Actually, I saw your posts on that and have been (with doc's okay) taking first 2000 IU daily and eventually 4000 IU daily. I don't necessarily see that it's helped... but maybe it's kept things from being worse.

I'm sorry I've been unable to reply to your posts about your cats. My heart has been very much with you. *all the hugs*
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sage: Still of Natasha Romanova from Iron Man 2 (bear hug)

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posted by [personal profile] sage at 01:37am on 04/11/2012
I just had mine retested last week, and after 3 months of megadosing, it was normal, but I don't respond to the OTC supplements, even combined with having the light box on for an hour a day. Doc says the non-responsiveness to conservative treatment a symptom of advanced/severe fibromyalgia...and after this last go at supplements + light box, we'll probably start a continuing semi-regular weekly megadose instead of the three months on, three months off thing. (D is toxic in high quantity, so getting the timing right here is the challenge.)

But, like I've said in my posts, this is the longest period in my life I've been free of depression. Even with all the shit I've faced this year, I keep looking around for the usual pit of despair and not caring what happens, and it is GONE. I feel like I'm having to relearn how to be a human being -- it's that big a difference.

Howler Kitty is having a relatively good day today, so I'm trying to simply be happy and grateful for that.

*hugs you much*
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