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Re: How many of us are taking some kind of medication for depression?
I've only ever tried two antidepressants, and they didn't work for me.
In 1997, the endo wanted me to take Zoloft (SSRI) until she got my thyroid levels up to normal. It did nothing, so she switched me to Wellbutrin (NDRI). It seemed a bit more useful, but by that time, my TSH was down and my T4 was up, so it's hard to say that Wellbutrin was responsible.
Before that, my gynecologist tried me on Buspar for what he felt was PMS-induced anxiety. Big zilch there, with good reason. Buspar may well treat anxiety, but it does nothing for antithyroid antibodies. My anxiety was, in fact, Hashimoto's flares. The gynecologist knew I was hypothyroid, but at that time, no one had tested for antibodies.
And even before that, a quack give me a prescription for Xanax instead of the referral to a therapist that I'd asked him for. I was stuck in a very bad marriage, and Hashimoto's was raging undiagnosed. I had a paradoxical reaction, and after ten days, I spent a night in the hospital. The quack later diagnosed Hashimoto's as MS. I knew in my gut I didn't have MS, so I fired him.
I just don't do well on drugs that alter brain chemistry, including alcohol. Right now, the Qsymia is killing me. The phentermine component is good because it gets me off my butt and keeps me moving, but topiramate makes me weepy, emotionally reactive and completely wonks my mood.
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2/6/09 Core needle biopsy: negative; Mammos through 2010: no change
3/30/11 Pea-sized lump in left breast at site of prior biopsy; mammo negative, sonogram not so much
4/14/11 Core needle biopsy: negative for cancer
5/18/11 Excisional biopsy 1.2 cm tumor, LVI, positive margin; ER+60%,PR+20%,HER2/CEP17 5
6/15/11 BMX: Left DCIS & LH; Right ADH; SNB: 2/3 nodes: 1.4 cm and 1 mm; ALND L1&2: 0/10; Stage IIa, Grade 3
7/14/11 CT/Bone scans NED; MUGA 66%
7/19/11 Biweekly dd AC w/Neulasta; done 8/30/11
9/13/11 Transfusion (Hemoglobin 8.6); MUGA 64%
9/20/11 Start Taxol + Herceptin; Taxol done 12/6/2011; continue Herceptin until 9/4/2012
12/27/11 Radiation - 6 weeks; 2/27/2012 - DONE! Yayyyy!
2/29/12 Start Tamoxifen 20 mg/day; continue until 2/28/17
5/16/12 Start five-years Metformin trial
6/19/12 MUGA 61%
8/21/12 Brain MRI NED (head still hurts, brain still fogged)
9/4/12 Herceptin done!
9/6/12 Port out!
7/11/13 Aricept 5mg for cognitive impairment; increased to 10mg as of 8/23/13; back to 5mg 12/2013
5/2014 Add Namenda 7mg
9/2014 Stop Aricept and Namenda; Neuropsychological evaluation
10/24/14 Start cognitive rehabilitation therapy
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