Posted by stargazer on April 26, 2007, at 20:33:47
In reply to Re: Jenny80/Try a lower dose and see what it does..., posted by jenny80 on April 26, 2007, at 19:12:05
I was on Nardil alomst 20years ago when prescibing a MAO was NO Big F'ing deal since there were very few meds around for depression. Unbeliveably, since now there's so many others, but everyone is afraid to prescribe them.
My idiot pdoc back then tried to get me off Nardil and I think it stopped working when I tried to take it after I got rid of that pdoc. Today they never take someone off a med that is working, never....
I am on Emsam and recently Abilify with some improvement but I still hold out hope for trying Nardil again. It worked very well or about 2 years and then Marplan worked until the drug manufacturor (Roche) decided to discontinue it since it wasn't making any $$$ for them (altruistic of them). It was recently rereleased but when I tried it last year, I got no results from it.
Depression really is the worst, since even the docs are not very good at treating the highly resistent cases and they almost never refer you to someone that might be able to help you. They keep their patients to themselves, even though over the years my progress has been minimal. Only now am I getting second opinions and trying new meds based on my research and readings here and on line. I've been in treatment with meds for 20+ years although I have had depression/dysthymia/anxiety for >30 years.
It sucks when you see life just passing you by and you know you are not well enough to be part of it without dropping out or giving up since you feel so incredibly bad.
Stargazer
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