Treatment resistant depresson

[cherrub55]

After so many different medications, therapies, I was diagnosed with T.R.D. over 25 YEARS later!. (I suffer PTSD, SURVIVOR GUILT, ANXIETY,)

I DID ALL I COULD MYSELF AS WELL AS THEARPY, I SAUGHT HELP IN MY 30'S, NOW 59 & DECLYNING MENTALLY, ONTOP OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS!

"IV NOTICED NOT A LOT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED RE: TRD.

I'D LIKE TO TRY & FIND OTHERS WHO SUFFER THIS & THEIR THOUGHTS? SO SO MANY YEARS WASTED, IV LOST FAMILY & FRIENDS, & NOW? SUFFER ALONE. AFTER SO LONG, WHY HAVENT PROFFESSONALS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS,OR HELP ME "LIVED WITH IT"?

[geoff]

Hello Cherrub55, and a warm welcome to you.

I understand that ' treatment-resistant depression' must be very difficult or you, just before I go on there was a thread 'Long term treatment resistant depression & Anxiety- what next? ' by radarsan on 23 August 2016 and 9 replies were made and one by Dr. Kim who used to be our medical advisor but has apparently moved on now.

This is where you are treated for depression but your symptoms haven't improved and normal treatments aren't enough so perhaps consulting a psychiatrist who deal with mental health conditions, I'm sorry if this has already happened.

There are other ways of tackling this and these are what you can consider with your doctor, ECT, Transcranial magnetic stimulation.

With antidepressants it took quite awhile to find the right AD, my doctor kept prescribing one after the other until finally the one I'm now taking actually works and been on it for so long I can't remember.

The dose had to be changed where I now take the max dosage, so if for some reason it's not working as it was before, then I'll have to start a new AD.

I don't like changing medication, but you can get to that previous thread by typing it in the search bar above.

Geoff.

[Lee lee 73]

Hi Cherrub55,

So sorry to hear about what you're going through.

I can so relate. I've had chronic depression for 10yrs now. I'm at breaking point with meds - nothing seems to work and even with my psychologist , I'm done with talking in circles. I haven't been diagnosed with resistant depression but sure feels like it. Anyways I wanted to share this with you - I looked into /researched clinical trials for depression in hospitals and institutions etc. There seems to be safe and well managed trial treatments that include non medication. As of next week I begin a trial treatment. Am looking forward to being part of assisting research and if it helps me it's a bonus.

Hang in there Cherrub55. Xx

[geoff]

Hello Lee lee, I'm sorry for how you are feeling, but would be very interested in this trial you are about to take on.

Geoff.

[Lee lee 73]

Hi Geoff,

Thank you for your kind words.

I'm not exactly sure what I'm allowed/not allowed to mention but its a trial on new medication that doesn't target /stimulate the brain cells. It's aim is to provide a more instant affect. I live on the sunshine coast and it is being trialled at the mind and Neuroscience institute.

Lee

[cherrub55]

Hello, it's been approximately 5 years since I joined up. I think I just gave up re the forum, not because of it but more & more negative things have just escalated & iv felt even more lost. I was accepted at the black dog institute to trial a new drug but I never had the support I needed re going to & from for 8 weeks. Iv been on more different meds but nothing & no body can help me. I have 2 support worker's, each 3 hours twice a week. They are so beautiful & empathetic & for 6 hours a week I get to go out which I don't much but talking helps. I'm now 64 this year & all just feels like il never get well. I have no one, no family or my 3 adult kids. They simply feel they can't handle me & or in truth their ignorance is blatant. None of a big family will even talk to me & God knows iv tried. My ma now is frail & family won't even keep me upto date re her. Iv tried to ph her but family won't tell her iv tried. My nightmares are escalating yet my drs say it could be meds. Medically iv declined & have several medical problems so movement pain free is horrid. I consider myself an intelligent person but iv tried so many times what I know works for many just not me. Now? I don't leave the house unless have to. I don't let on I'm not coping, I don't want sympathy, I try not to cry, all I ask for is some peace of mind yet it evades me. Il be OK, I just feel so so lost. I feel secure in a forum like this, I don't have to pretend all is great. I may come & go but hope to hold onto good people who understands & relates like this. I wish yourself & all hope & happiness, & maybe one day things will change for the better for us all, warm regards. Heather

[Guest_1643]

Hi heather

Treatment resistant depression, like many diagnoses, is useful if u want to get ndis funding or linked in with seevies which require a diagnosis.

But real talk? I don't see much other use in it, some now say treatment resistant isn't a thing, ie meds or typical treatments don't work not because Ur too hard to treat, or resistant, but because they're the wrong meds, or it's the wrong diagnosis.

sometimes when typical treatments don't work we internalise rhe message that we are so far gone, so badly ill, that nothing can help us.

It could be that we are well, and ok, and we don't need that particular med or treatment.

If u look up critiques of treatment resistant depression, on social media or elsewhere, u may see many ppl see that the criticism needs to shift, instead of calling a person or their situation treatment resistant, we can ask if the treatment itself is just not the right one.