Dr. Faruk S. Abuzzahab
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Retired
3601 PARK CENTER BLVD
St. LOUIS PARK, MN, United States
55416
3601 PARK CENTER BLVD
St. LOUIS PARK, MN, United States
55416
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This is my second comment about the brilliant and loving care I received from Dr. Faruk Abuzzahab , from 1984 until his recent retirement. I miss his help and encouragement every day, even more than I expected, and not one day goes by that I don’t wish I could consult him. I would not still be among the living if it weren’t for his help. He is the only doctor able to help me despite my very complicated disorders and diseases, ( PTSD,severe; Bipolar 2 atypical; ADHD; Fibromyalgia, severe; Circadian Rhythm Disorder, DSPD;ObsessiveCompulsive; completely tangential; and a life long Asthmatic ) and thoughtfully added appropriate supplements to insure no damage to my liver and kidneys from the medications he carefully chose and adjusted for me in usually low doses due to my complex & sensitive metabolism. When Prozac first became available, he began giving me the average recommended dose of 20 mgs daily, then 10 mgs as it was very agitating to me, then less & less finally arriving at 0.05 mgs liquid ( 1/40th of 20 mgs ) with 10 mgs of the tricyclic anti-depressant imipramine. “Cocktail” medications like mine as they were dubbed helped me somewhat for many years off and on; but it was laughed at and called a placebo for a long time by the medical world. The laughter stopped and in later years the pharmacists and physicians often said to me when I brought in my prescriptions, “ Oh, yes, Dr. Abuzzahab, he is famed as the doctor who first tried combining medications known as “cocktails” for many of the depressed.” In 2009 I recall my arrogantly marching into his office with research papers in my hand to tell him I had discovered I was dopamine deprived! Silly me, he told me with his gentlemanly manners he had known that of me and held up a brochure for me to read of a newly made medication named Vyvanse for children with ADHD that might be of great help to me. It was, much to my astonishment, and for the first time in my memory I had no depression and knew what it felt like to truly experience joy! In very recent year the FDA has conceded that Vyvanse is often very helpful for dopamine deprived adults . His resignation is a great loss to many of us helped by his genius mind and the time spent with each patient as his mind whirred with patient and thoughtful consideration of how he might best help.
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but as he told me, only one anti- depressant, Wellbutrin, was developed for people with dopamine deprived depressionfor many years until he finally
often had to try each medication over and over, wanting to give up due to side effects of nausea , agitation or somnolence, but with his parting words always in my mind, “ Susan, now listen to me, never ever give up. New things come along all the time and we will find help for you.” We did, and he never gave up on helping me. In the long process
Submitted Feb. 8, 2018