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Hi salarmy, > In the past, I have taken Lithium, Depakote, Tegretol, > Neurontin, Lamictal, Topamax, and a bunch of SSRIs too. > Nothing has seemed to work, even though I am a good patient. >  Like in Lynda’s "21 medications" guidelines, the next step > is the experimental use of calcium channel blockers.

They were authored by James Milton…we all miss his involvement here <sigh>. > So my > doctor first put me on Calan (Verapamil).  These drugs are > used for high blood pressure.  I learned that they have no > horrible side effects unless you take too much of them. > Calan didn’t seem to do much for me, so the doctor put me on > DynaCirc (Isradipine).  I thought– this won’t work–its > just like all the other crap.  My life was miserable. > Within a week on the DynaCirc, I noticed some good effects, > like finding humor in more things.  The dysphoric mood is > slightly lifting.  My doctor then added Adalat CC to > DynaCirc.  It is a once-daily pill.  The short-acting form > of it can kill you, but the long-acting form is benign. > Adalat seems to help too…  I just felt that I had to tell > someone about this.  Thanks for reading.

This is great news :) :) Peace, Lynda

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In the past, I have taken Lithium, Depakote, Tegretol, Neurontin, Lamictal, Topamax, and a bunch of SSRIs too. Nothing has seemed to work, even though I am a good patient.  Like in Lynda’s "21 medications" guidelines, the next step is the experimental use of calcium channel blockers.  So my doctor first put me on Calan (Verapamil).  These drugs are used for high blood pressure.  I learned that they have no horrible side effects unless you take too much of them. Calan didn’t seem to do much for me, so the doctor put me on DynaCirc (Isradipine).  I thought– this won’t work–its just like all the other crap.  My life was miserable. Within a week on the DynaCirc, I noticed some good effects, like finding humor in more things.  The dysphoric mood is slightly lifting.  My doctor then added Adalat CC to DynaCirc.  It is a once-daily pill.  The short-acting form of it can kill you, but the long-acting form is benign. Adalat seems to help too…  I just felt that I had to tell someone about this.  Thanks for reading. * Sent from AltaVista http://www.altavista.com Where you can also find related Web Pages, Images, Audios, Videos, News, and Shopping.  Smart is Beautiful

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