Posted by Optimist on February 4, 2005, at 10:39:04
In reply to Re: Exercise Backfire. » Optimist, posted by ed_uk on February 4, 2005, at 9:13:28
> Well, I guess I eat quite a lot of butter but not much margarine!
Butter is a good choice as opposed to margarine, due to the fat profile.
I'm kinda putting my life on hold till I get feeling better. It's kinda hard to make plans for your life when you're not operating at 100%. I'm sure you know what I mean. It took me 9 years to finish my undergrad due to chronic dysthymia. A lot of stop and go's along the way.
I'm hoping when I start the Parnate in a couple weeks that it'll allow me to work at my potential instead of trying to keep my head above water. I was thinking about doing masters/Ph.D work before but it's a little overwhelming when it's hard to think and get motivated.
I'm working at a brain injury rehabilitation facility at the moment, but for little pay as a front line worker. I need to get myself better so I can open up my career options.
I know you've had some problems getting qualified pdocs to prescribe "outside of the box". Do you think it may be worth it, taking your treatment in to your own hands at some point? I think it can be dangerous to self medicate if one doesn't have the necessary expertise but it can also be dangerous to have incompetent pdocs running your life as well. MAOI_Chairman is a good example of someone self medicating to some benefit. His doctor wouldn't prescribe an MAOI so he took it upon himself to order Parnate off the net and seems to have made a dramatic recovery. Just something to thing about...
Have you considered taking an MAOI yourself? I decided to upon not wanting to waste anymore time and going to the big guns. I find it sad how many people on these boards are jumping from SSRI to SSRI or whatever the med du jour is this month with little success. MAOIs in some respects seem to be a head above the rest in many cases.
Hope things are going well with you.Brian
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