It's Complicated! Part 3

[Dawn of Hope]

Hi, Glam,
Hope you had a good day at the beach today!

I just wanted to add, after reading your response about the AD's, that another possibility is that your H just needs the dosage increased...and also, sometimes an AD will be working well for someone and then just stop working for them, for no apparent reason. I know that the first time I tried AD's, I was started on Celexa, and it worked beautifully, and was an enormous relief for me, since it was the first time in years that I didn't feel horrible about myself...then I got careless and didn't get it refilled promptly enough, so I went three days without it, and that was enough to dump me back into depression. Once I got back on the medication and got the correct levels of it in my blood...it didn't work quite the same for me as it had before that brief time off, and never did again, even though I was on it for close to a year after that. Not trying to hijack, just illustrating how tricky it can be to figure out what's best regarding AD's.

It's too bad there isn't really any kind of test to determine what would be best for someone in terms of AD's--it's mostly trial and error, which is kind of a problem for a medication that can take six weeks to start working, if it's even going to at all. That's why I was without any help from my AD's for about 2-1/2 months after the bomb in October 2007, even though I went on them only two days after the bomb.

I do hope that your H gets good help from his doctor and he gets the depression treated effectively.

Hope you are having a good day, Glam!

Peace,
Dawn