Psychotic Depression and Mifepristone

Anyone tried 'the pill' for psychotic depression? I heard that you
dont need to take it for that long... ? I'm thinking of trying it,
when I go back to NZ as it is illegal in Aussie I think. I'm
desperate.

Do you mean birth control pills? I take them and they help my sz
symptoms.

penguin

On Mar 25, 6:15 pm, pengw...@webtv.net wrote:
> Do you mean birth control pills? I take them and they help my sz
> symptoms.
>
> penguin

I've only heard about it. I think you would need a good doc if you
wanted someone willing to try that sort of thing.

Go get a gym membership to a place that has a pool if you can afford
it and go swimming, sit in the sauna and steam room, and I mean it,
swim lots and lots of laps.

I used to swim laps every day before I was on medication and got sz.

Now I am in bed all day thanks to the miracles of medication. I'm not
depressed, I'm just very tired from the meds. I'm diagnosed with
paranoid sz.

penguin

On Mar 25, 11:04 pm, pengw...@webtv.net wrote:
> I used to swim laps every day before I was on medication and got sz.
>
> Now I am in bed all day thanks to the miracles of medication. I'm not
> depressed, I'm just very tired from the meds. I'm diagnosed with
> paranoid sz.
>
> penguin

Awww.

On Mar 26, 6:17 am, Gelly <Gell...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 25, 11:04 pm, pengw...@webtv.net wrote:
>
> > I used to swim laps every day before I was on medication and got sz.
>
> > Now I am in bed all day thanks to the miracles of medication. I'm not
> > depressed, I'm just very tired from the meds. I'm diagnosed with
> > paranoid sz.
>
> > penguin
>
> Awww.

I wrote in another post that I felt great when I was doing a lot of
running (and swimming) but I was complelely psychotic at the time as I
look back on it. I wasn't on any antipsychotics because I was still
hiding my symptoms, just anitdepressants (a lot) and Klonopin. I think
I may have been manic. It felt great but wow, raging symptoms when I
look back. I was just really good at hiding them and also lived
alone.

I think maybe if I get disabiltiy I may try going off the
antipsychotics or find a doc who will work with me to give them to me
only when I feel I need them to function, and not have to be on them
all the time. I think my symptoms come and go. Last year, I was off
all meds for about ten months and did fine... that is until a MAJOR
breakdown, I mean I lost my ability to count very well and stuff...
hmmm.

It's such a trade off to stay on the meds all the time to avoid that.
I wonder if there is a better way... just taking them as needed (they
work pretty fast).

I am on 4 mg of Risperdal but it's not enough to keep me in bed all
day. I have been there, though, believe me... my major symptom a lot
of the time has been depression.

I don't usually feel sad anymore but I am depressed... they've never
thought of depression for you? Staying in bed all day seems pretty
bad.

I don't have a doctor who will work with me and change meds. I've
asked to switch meds because I had more energy on others but they won't
switch because of the weight gain.

I'm going to ask if I can try a different dose of geodon, it's capsules
so I can't break it in half.

I can't get out of my apartment either, my psychologist says that's the
illness.

I've been depressed at times but luckily it doesn't last very long.

penguin