Journal Entry for December 20, 2008
December 20, 2008 12:24pm
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deusXmchna
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deusXmchna
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About Me
comparative theology, philosophy, ancient languages, biological anthropology, neuropsychopharmacology. Chemist at large...
comparative theology, philosophy, ancient languages, biological anthropology, neuropsychopharmacology. Chemist at large...
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From DrOrrange
December 19, 2008
Loved your insight on the meth blog...happy holidays!
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Close Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) DepressionTreatments
- Celexa Not Working
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Somewhat Helpful
- Exposure to CBT primarily in teen years. Didn't help much at the time, but could hold promise now that I'm not a puppet for my hormones.
- Cymbalta Not Working
- Desipramine Not Working
- Effexor Not Working
- Elavil Not Working
- Electroconvulsive therapy Considering
- Would love to give it a try. Been treatment resistant to most everything else. Gotta figure out a way to get medicaid to foot the bill.
- Lexapro Not Working
- Paxil Not Working
- Positive Thinking Considering
- Been considering Good Attitude and Happy Thoughts, but I'm skeptical of their use in treatment of Major Depression. Side effects are also worrysome.
- Prozac Not Working
- Psychotherapy Not Working
- Trazodone Not Working
- Wellbutrin Somewhat Helpful
- Made me too edgy first time around. Retry 14yrs later with SR formulation, worked for 5-6months. Probable development of tolerance (should have predicted with a substituted phenethylamine). Took couple months off, trying again. Perhaps will increase dosage.
- Zoloft Not Working
- Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Somewhat Helpful
- May have helped with acute situations. Skeptical but willing...
Close Fibromyalgia
Treatments
- Acupuncture Not Working
- Cyclobenzaprine Somewhat Helpful
- helps, but makes me crazy.
- Cymbalta Not Working
- Lyrica Working / Worked
- Neurontin Not Working
- Zanaflex Somewhat Helpful
- Dexedrine Working / Worked
- very effective. was prescribed for adult ADD but very effective for pain. Statistically it specs out near morphine for analgesic efficacy.
- Methadone Working / Worked
- Been using for 6 years as a combination heroin detoxpain management. started on the heroin for pain. had supply of known purity . Clinically methadone according to pain specialists I know anecdotally is more effective for neuralgic pain than the other opiates. Plus the long halflife makes dosing a little easier and a little easier to avoid slipping and starting to use irresponsibly
Open Heroin Addiction & Recovery
I.V. drug addict for 15 years. Methamphetamine & heroin. Started the heroin about 5 years in, so was a heroin addict for 10 years. Started methadone 6 years ago. Been clean of other opiates for the last 4 years of it.
Treatments
- Group Therapy Working / Worked
- Group therapy 2xwk PRN. at methadone clinic since beginning methadone treatment. Very helpful adjunct. and Im not a group therapy kind of person but in retrospect its been helpful
- Methadone Working / Worked
- 6 years methadone treatment. 4 years of that clean other than the methadone. Been weaning off methadone for about a year dont know how much longer. Legit severe physical pain issues handicapped complicating situation.
- Suboxone Not Working
- Tried Buprenex injection protocol 3x's attempting to kick, but to no avail. Buprenex alone (w/out the naloxone) was used clinically back then only as way to take the edge off withdrawal, not as the more rounded treatment protocol it is now. Didn't work for withdrawal relief, possibly because heroin dosage was too high compared to buprenex dosage.
- Clonidine Working / Worked
- very useful when kicking semicold turkey i.e. no long term pharmaceutical intervention. Significantly takes the edge off of the first few and most intense days of withdrawal.
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