Seizure meds - Daughter depression (new)

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Hi Shelby I have been following your stories with your daughter . Just curious

about the seizure meds and why that would help with depression (trying to

understand the processes...) certainly I am willing to try anything, one by

one. thks pamela

Re: Daughter pelvic pain (gone) depression (new)

My daughter has a clinical diagnosis of mito (She is 32.) She was

treated with Elavil, Prozac and Zoloft at different times for

depression. Zoloft worked best of any but was not too effective. It

takes time for those medicines to work. A seizure medicine was added,

I think Lamictal and that helped the most. She is off antidepressants

and Lamictal at the moment but is on 1500 mg of Neurontin daily. When

my daughter is in crisis she is psychotic. We have found D10 IV

effective in calming the waters. Good luck, Shelby

> Hi everyone - asking for your thoughts again for my daughter (22).

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> With one problem gone another has started and that is severe and

> frightening depression which is so unlike how she has been in the

> past. I believe she is in crisis the only thing I am not sure about is

> whether it is just a direct result of feeling low about not being able

> to perform over the last few years (she is constantly fatigued and

> sick, glands up etc) and this affected school years and further study

> in photography . Or perhaps there is a biochemical reason ie an energy

> crisis between the mitochondria and the brain (perhaps related to all

> the pain she has been experiencing over the last year) . I feel the

> latter must be closer or maybe its a combination. Penny has been on

> CoQ10 300 mg for a few months now and just started B2 - yet to try

> Carnitine but that is next. Any other ideas and has anyone had

> anything similar? She is not really responding that well to SSRI

> antidepressants at least yet (after a few weeks on them) they are not

> enough to stop some dramatic! episodes of sudden diving into sobbing,

> shaking, episodes where she is terrified she might hurt herself,

> temporary inability to function etc. Other times she is quite happy

> and normal. I feel it has to be related to the mito. My thinking is

> that no matter what you throw at someone they're not going to work if

> the energy pathways are not there - does that make sense? I'm not sure

> whether she needs more rest or more exercise - for sure we always

> strive for better nutrition. Any ideas or experiences would be

> appreciated. Would be good to understand the processes like some of

> you biochemistry wizards .. Pamela (Melas) about Penny (also Melas)

>

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