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Originally Posted by tessj88
I am beginning to believe I have treatment resistant depression as the years pass. I have basically been on some kind of psych medication since I was 13--I am now 24. There have only been a couple of periods (lasting only a few months if that) I have not been on any medication due to my mood.
I am beginning to lose hope in anything working. I don't have the energy to fight anymore. My hopes get dashed too often, my attempts to change don't last and the roller coaster with the medications are starting to frustrate me.
I feel so lost and that there is no hope, no help for me. The hospitals around me are more for those struggling with addiction. For people like me, who have psych issues the hospitals are more for a stabilization or "just until the storm passes" so to speak.
Has anyone heard of TMS? Has anyone had this treatment? What was your opinion?
Thanks
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Haven't tried it, but when I was last hospitalized, I asked the psychiatrist there what they thought about that. They said that TMS seemed to possibly be more of a placebo effect, but they felt similarly to ECT also. She was very optimistic about the prospects of ketamine.
That hospitalization was just to stabilize, and since I have been taking 300mg Lithium
200mg Bupropion 2x day
600mg NAC 2x Day
15mg l-methlfolate
50mcg levothyroxine
600mg omega-3s
60mg Cymbalta
Vitamin D
There is interesting research on NAC s and small doses of lithium.
I've been feeling better, if only lacking enthusiasm for life...but rarely any SI
I hope you find relief soon, tessj88!
