THIS SHOULD BE AN ADVENTURE
Aug. 12th, 2006 01:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
substituteFor the last three weeks I've been at half the dose of the two antidepressants I take, Welllbutrin and Lexapro. This is part of my neurofeedback therapy; at a certain point the drugs are more of an obstruction than a help for technical reasons, so it's a good idea to reduce them.
So far, so good. I had some crummy withdrawal effects but nothing out of the ordinary psychologically. Not better, not worse.
As of today I'm off both meds completely. After another three weeks of NFB I stop NFB, and then over the next few weeks I'm supposed to get some idea of how much this whole thing has helped. My practitioner says that in her experience people don't really feel the useful effects of neurofeedback until after it's stopped and some of its side effects are reduced. We'll see.
This is the first time in nearly 20 years that I've not been on some type of SSRI antidepressant and the first time in at least two that I've not been on a dopaminergic medication. I wonder what Mr. Brain's gonna do this week?
If you see me up in a tree wearing a Russian admiral's uniform and singing the Laughing Song from Faust, etc., notify a physician.
So far, so good. I had some crummy withdrawal effects but nothing out of the ordinary psychologically. Not better, not worse.
As of today I'm off both meds completely. After another three weeks of NFB I stop NFB, and then over the next few weeks I'm supposed to get some idea of how much this whole thing has helped. My practitioner says that in her experience people don't really feel the useful effects of neurofeedback until after it's stopped and some of its side effects are reduced. We'll see.
This is the first time in nearly 20 years that I've not been on some type of SSRI antidepressant and the first time in at least two that I've not been on a dopaminergic medication. I wonder what Mr. Brain's gonna do this week?
If you see me up in a tree wearing a Russian admiral's uniform and singing the Laughing Song from Faust, etc., notify a physician.
