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From: Greg Lewin on 2 Dec 2007 07:32 Hi, I was reviewing my newsgroup subscriptions and noticed this one - it appealed to me because I think thinking in terms of recovery is arguably more important than just thinking/talking about depression, although I am probably depressive by nature and may have to be resigned to some medication for life. I know that my moods do respond to external events, so I've been looking for 'things that work' - and the clear winners are music and dance, so I've been actively pursuing those for a while now. I'm currently on mirtazapine and citalopram for the D - the former is useless as an AD for me, but helps me sleep, whereas SSRIs like citalopram do help a bit with the D. enough for now. Greg
From: Nom dePlume on 2 Dec 2007 21:57 "Greg Lewin" <greg.lewin(a)zen.co.uk> wrote in message news:4752a5f0$0$21101$da0feed9(a)news.zen.co.uk... > Hi, > > I was reviewing my newsgroup subscriptions and noticed this one - it > appealed to me because I think thinking in terms of recovery is arguably > more important than just thinking/talking about depression, although I am > probably depressive by nature and may have to be resigned to some > medication for life. > > I know that my moods do respond to external events, so I've been looking > for 'things that work' - and the clear winners are music and dance, so > I've been actively pursuing those for a while now. > > I'm currently on mirtazapine and citalopram for the D - the former is > useless as an AD for me, but helps me sleep, whereas SSRIs like citalopram > do help a bit with the D. > > enough for now. > > Greg Hello, Greg. I am glad that you are making progress, and that the Citalopram is working for you. -- Nom dePlume, Ph.D. Why, yes, in fact, I am a rocket scientist. Find my book, Medicines for Mental health, and free drug information, at www.MentalMeds.org =====
From: cj_dunnaway-google on 4 Dec 2007 02:30 On Dec 2, 6:32 am, Greg Lewin <greg.le...(a)zen.co.uk> wrote: > Hi, > > I was reviewing my newsgroup subscriptions and noticed this one - it > appealed to me because I think thinking in terms of recovery is arguably > more important than just thinking/talking about depression, although I > am probably depressive by nature and may have to be resigned to some > medication for life. > > I know that my moods do respond to external events, so I've been looking > for 'things that work' - and the clear winners are music and dance, so > I've been actively pursuing those for a while now. > > I'm currently on mirtazapine and citalopram for the D - the former is > useless as an AD for me, but helps me sleep, whereas SSRIs like > citalopram do help a bit with the D. > > enough for now. > > Greg Mirtazapine (Remeron) didn't work for me either. I'm on Zoloft now and didn't realize 'normal' was so good - I'm actually happy now! Not so good in the sex department but it wasn't that great before, actually. It's close, but right now I'd rather be alive than screwed! CJ
From: Nom dePlume on 4 Dec 2007 02:58 <cj_dunnaway-google(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:dfb1df6a-5144-4266-bdc2-839db1be1f49(a)n20g2000hsh.googlegroups.com... > Mirtazapine (Remeron) didn't work for me either. I'm on Zoloft now and > didn't realize 'normal' was so good - I'm actually happy now! Not so > good in the sex department but it wasn't that great before, actually. > It's close, but right now I'd rather be alive than screwed! > > CJ I'm glad for you! If Zoloft is causing you some sexual dysfunction, there are ways to deal with it. You might check out my Web site for some suggestions. -- Nom dePlume, Ph.D. Why, yes, in fact, I am a rocket scientist. Find my book, Medicines for Mental health, and free drug information, at www.MentalMeds.org =====
From: Greg Lewin on 4 Dec 2007 08:24
cj_dunnaway-google(a)yahoo.com wrote: > On Dec 2, 6:32 am, Greg Lewin <greg.le...(a)zen.co.uk> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I was reviewing my newsgroup subscriptions and noticed this one - it >> appealed to me because I think thinking in terms of recovery is arguably >> more important than just thinking/talking about depression, although I >> am probably depressive by nature and may have to be resigned to some >> medication for life. >> >> I know that my moods do respond to external events, so I've been looking >> for 'things that work' - and the clear winners are music and dance, so >> I've been actively pursuing those for a while now. >> >> I'm currently on mirtazapine and citalopram for the D - the former is >> useless as an AD for me, but helps me sleep, whereas SSRIs like >> citalopram do help a bit with the D. >> >> enough for now. >> >> Greg > > Mirtazapine (Remeron) didn't work for me either. I'm on Zoloft now and > didn't realize 'normal' was so good - I'm actually happy now! Not so > good in the sex department but it wasn't that great before, actually. > It's close, but right now I'd rather be alive than screwed! > > CJ I agree up to a point - but I was on paroxetine for 8 years. It worked quite well as an AD but sex went way down - and after 8 years it wasn't enough fun any more, so I came off it (very hard btw - was put on mirtazapine to help do it (!)) and crashed badly. Now the citalopram helps with the D and does not damage the sex bit too much. G |