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Old Aug 17, 2020, 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by bpcyclist View Post
Apologies for my tantrum. I realize what is under this is terror. I live in abject terror of my depression. I have 50-plus yrs of it, toddler-onset, congenital.

I am so scared we won't be able to treat me. I am crying just writing this. So frightened.

Hugs and love to all my crew.
There were a lot of years that it was obvious that I was running out of traditional meds and I was afraid. My pdoc told me honestly that I might run out of those choices but that she'd never stop looking for me and that I should know there was always clozapine. I was scared of clozapine but I came to find a lot of comfort in that phrase. And when I ran out of meds (barring typicals because I've had dystonias and other issues on them and nobody wants to try them again if it can be avoided) there was clozapine.

That's true for you too. I know you've been trying to do everything else possible first, as I did, and you've been doing well on trilafon. So maybe you need your dose adjusted. Or maybe you just need to take some deep breaths and remember there's always clozapine. There's probably always some other meds but for me it was clozapine.
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Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily
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Thanks for this!
bpcyclist