[blueangel2014]

300walbutrin+40cymbalta is not helping me anymore. My doctor does not want to make any changes. He tells me I need therapy and while I am trying to find a good therapist I am getting worse and worse. Very concerned about my life, I have no family support and I am tired of feeling this way.

[Pierro]

Hello blueangel, I am so sorry that your meds are not helping you anymore. Your doctor will have to make changes to help you and along with therapy. Both will help you very much. Why is your doctor not willing to change your meds?

[blueangel2014]

Originally Posted by Pierro

Hello blueangel, I am so sorry that your meds are not helping you anymore. Your doctor will have to make changes to help you and along with therapy. Both will help you very much. Why is your doctor not willing to change your meds?

My doctor feels my depression will benefit from talk therapy and he refuses to change my meds or use a different one. The therapist that he refers me too had no app. available and then went on vacation. In the mean time who suffers the consequences? I think is time for me to look for somebody else, which is very difficult task.

[waterknob1234]

Hi Blueangel, I feel for you for I am in a similar situation. I am on Wellbutrin 300mg and buspirone 15mg. I had to stop the buspirone because it made me feel like I was on speed and it made my heart race. I find meds don't help me. I have been on four anti-depressants this year. I started seeing a psychiatrist and a therapist but I quickly learned that I would not be able to afford their fees so I will have to discontinue therapy. Meanwhile my depression just gets worse. I am turning to prayer. What do I have to lose. I may also see what my primary doc recommends because he at least seems to care and has been more helpful than the pdoc in my opinion. I wish you the best. I wish there was something I could do or say to fix things but I give you my love and hugs.

[oliamble]

hello blueangel2014 a little bit of feedback, how long have you been on medications? this will help answer some questions. In a way the pdoc may be right about you seeking help with therapy perhaps along side your medications. In a way professional or self-therapy is a way to exit your comfort zone the medications have you one now. Making progress through passing that threshold makes sense (I'm no doctor), but from personal experience I did a lot of self help therapy and until now it has help me.

See if on your next appt. perhaps you can let him recommend you to a good psychologist or social worker for therapy. Also, if you feel like everything is failing and you may need to feel the need increasing your medications might make you feel better, then you always have the option to switch doctor and find one that will be willing to increase your medications. Good luck.

[Altered Moment]

That is extremely odd your pdoc is not willing to change meds. Of course go to therapy but I would find another pdoc if it were me.

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[Pierro]

Originally Posted by blueangel2014

My doctor feels my depression will benefit from talk therapy and he refuses to change my meds or use a different one. The therapist that he refers me too had no app. available and then went on vacation. In the mean time who suffers the consequences? I think is time for me to look for somebody else, which is very difficult task.

You go and find another Doctor for yourself. You deserve this, and you owe it to yourself. I know it must be very hard but you need to do this for yourself. Hey, it might turn out to b e the best thing you ever do.

[catsmum]

Hi blue angel,
I'm a person who has been on several different antidepressants over many years only to find that they lose their efficacy after a period of time. Different periods of time for different meds. With some the doses were increased almost to maximums and still didn't stay effective for me.

Everybody is different. Anyhow, over the years I had read about cognitive therapy and it always sounded hopeful to me. I've looked for therapists who would use it for 10 or 12 years. I was in therapy for a few years, but not w/cognitive therapy. We moved out of state for a year for a husband job and I found a good therapist there, though not cognitive.

Then we moved back home and I started w/a new therapist here. She was originally from the East Coast and was more familiar w/cognitive therapy. Eventually she proposed I try DBT, dialectic behavior therapy. I agreed. With my record of not much improvement on meds, I felt as if talk therapy was my strongest hope for life w/depression under better control.

I'm finding that to be true. I went through the Marsha Linehan program and am still meeting w/my DBT therapist, but less than before. I'm off buproprian (wellbutrin) and weaning off venlafaxine (Effexor). So I'm happy w/this. My diagnosis has been changed from major depressive to dysthymia. I feel as if the weight of the world has been lifted off me.

Hang in there. Remember each of us reacts differently to meds and therapy. Be encouraged that this has worked for me and keep up the trek.

[glok]

Hello, blueangel2014. Tell that purported psychiatrist you need help. Make it clear you want an immediate referral to a different psychiatrist if the current one will not make any adjustments to help you now.

I wish you well.

[Disorder7]

Since I'm not a psychiatrist, maybe I shouldn't say this, but here goes....
To the people who have been on several different antidepressants, and who have had them suddenly "stop working", have you ever been tested for bipolar disorder?
I'm not saying you are. I'm just saying for a lot of doctors that's a huge red flag that something other than depression may be going on.

Remember, not all mania in bipolar is rainbows and butterflies. For a lot of people mania equals anxiety and irritability. Just something to think about as you search for answers.

[Altered Moment]

I think I am just under bi polar II on the scale and I have many AD's poop on me.

I am not sure what you mean by test. There really is no test for bi polar other than symptoms.

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[Disorder7]

By test, I just meant has anyone gone to a psychiatrist and been assessed, either verbally or written.
Sometimes a primary care physician will just toss some meds at depression and hope they work. When they don't work, sometimes they just throw something else at it, and so on.

[venusss]

Meds not working for depression without any actual mania... is bipolar now?

Wow.

Ever thought it could be your organism simply adjusting to the drug, hence the poop out? It seems awfully common thing.

[Altered Moment]

Yeah I don't think an AD not working has anything to do with bi polar.

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