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Hi, Julie. I can well imagine how weary this is for you. I have a dear friend with a few diagnoses who went through similar episodes of changing medications with all the adjustments it required. The combos never seemed to be quite right. However, he is stable and happy now, I'm pleased to report. So there is hope even though at the moment you may be discouraged from it all. If you keep in touch with your doctor on how the meds are affecting you, I'm confident that the right ones for you are bound to happen.
I've been battling depression my whole life (36 years). I have had times when it lifted, but the past year has been one extended fog. I was on Effexor for several years, and over the past year have been attempting to find a new medication that works. How do people survive while looking for a new medication? How do I keep a job? How do I show up every day? No job means no health insurance means no way to afford the care I believe I need.
How often should my medications be switched. Over the past 3-4 months I've been on so many different combinations that I can't keep them straight. Last week I was on 600mg Trileptal, 30mg Remeron, 50-150mg trazadone. My doctor took me off the Trileptal and Remeron (in one day) and now I take 5mg Zyprexa. I feel like a guinea pig, except I have to bear the burden of the emotional lows.
Can anyone give me hope and energy to keep this hopeless fight going? After a year of this deeper depression than the norm, I am completely worn out.
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