Question:
This is kind of a really general request, but I’m looking for info on new meds in the past 2 years or so. I used to take effexor (a lot of), seroquel, and neurontin, which left me a little better of than not being on them. I used to freaking read about every drug, new drugs, but then moved, stoped taking all meds, and didn’t pay it so much attention. Now my depression is returning with a vengance, and was wondering what kind of new meds are out there. I’ve been Dx’ed as bipolar i, ii, cyclothemic (?), major depression, PTSD, and just about everything where they can say ‘yer fucked up buddy and we’ll try a bunch of shit on you and see if you feel better’. Ehh, yeah. Confidence builder for sure. So I’ve run through Prozax, paxil, effexor, wellbutrin, neurontin, lagomitrine (sp? … something for epilepsy.. whaddyacall it.. Lamactil?), depakote (evil bad man), classic and novel antipsychotics and mood stabilizers – haldol (bad), zyprexa (not good), seroquel (ok, i guess), buspar, lithium (bad), a couple other antipsychotics that caused more psychosis than they fixed (wierd deja-vu, time distortions, getting lost in my own neighborhood, short and long term memory loss.. ugly ugly).. About every benzo and hypnotic on the market for sleep.. So anyway, I guess I’m still looking for the magic bullet. I went back on effexor & seroquel & neurontin, with a minor benefit. Impramine helped on top. Seroquel helps sleep, as does xanax. Ultram, buprenorphine did nothing (nothing at all.. except maybe help headaches and a smashed up knee pain). dexadrine and, err, methamphetamine seem to help a lot with focus and .. ehh.. what was i talking about? focus and motivaion, but that was all illicit, and I can’t really tell my pdoc I NEED AMPHETAMINES BECAUSE THEY MAKE ME NOT CRAZY!!! DAMMIT!! DONT YOU SEE?! LOL I’m not real concerned with mood stabilization, I don’t get manicy usially, and when I do, it’s more like I’m not manic per-se, but more like my old self before I got crushed by this depression thing. So any ideas would be swell. Especially information on new ADs that I haven’t tried, that might help me out. 
I’m hitting the end of my rope and going to fall into blackness if I don’t get some decent scripts SOON. TIA, B
Response:
> >So any ideas would be swell. Especially information on new ADs that I >haven’t tried, that might help me out. I’m hitting the end of my rope >and going to fall into blackness if I don’t get some decent scripts SOON. > just a new SSRI and no different really than the others…it would be a waste > of time trying if youve tried the other SSRIs. There is a new atypical > anti-psychotic that has come out recently, Geodon, which has moderate > serotonin/norephinephrine reuptake properties to it.
I AM SICK OF BEING SICK i am so frustrated
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