Re: 'antidepressants'
From: rowdyladyrose@aol.com
Mon Feb 11 13:01:16 2002
Isn't the human body just the most exasperating thing! Who knows what
will help whom? At least some of us have doctors that are willing to try
'non-traditional' uses of some medications based on their experiences
with other patients.
Sometimes the funniest part of watching futuristic TV is how they can
just run a scan and tailor drugs and therapy for that specific
person...don't we just wish it was that easy!
I guess what I'm trying to say is...keep trying! Although I still have a
pain level of 5-6 some days, and break out pain...5-6 is better than
9-10 and I wouldn't be this well off without constant 'tinkering' with
my meds.
Hang in there everybody!
At Mon, 11 Feb 2002, Hchalm@aol.com wrote:
>
>Amitriptoline didn't help me at all and actually kept me awake all night
>long. My GYN precribed it for me while I was screaming about the pain going
>on inside my abdomen and evidently this is the best she could do. She told
>me that this would help me sleep (ha, ha). I couldn't stand the stuff and
>threw it away as it made me very jumpy and agitated and, as I said, I
>couldn't sleep at all. The effexor (antidepressant) I was prescribed, I was
>told was to help me with my fibromyalgia and it actually has taken some of
>the pain away from my leg and arm pain. The effexor was not prescribed as an
>antidepressant at all but for my fibromyalgia. I don't understand how
>antidepressants work, as the effexor helped with the leg and arm pain, and
>made no difference in my mood . I saw that someone else said that effexor
>helped them, so you may want to suggest effexor if they insist on an
>antidepressant.
>
>In Friendship,
>
>Helen C.
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