Posted by shellie on August 31, 2000, at 18:51:53
In reply to Re: Stopping and Restarting MAOI ----Sunnely, please » shellie, posted by SLS on August 29, 2000, at 10:58:24
Hi Scott.
Here are some answers to your questions:> Did you experience an energizing effect initially when you began taking S-AMe?
I wouldn't ever say I had an energizing effect, more of a slightly agitated state.
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"Hey, I would like to try a completely different treatment that I have had great success with in cases like yours. It has no side effects, you only have to take one dose, it works for everyone, and it lasts forever. It is also free because the drug rep gave me some samples. I would find such a statement to be somewhat encouraging."I like your "somewhat" encouraging. Made me smile.
> Have your doctors recommended trying anything to substitute for Nardil?
I tried a bunch of ssris years ago, and am not willing to lose any more of my life toward a change that either takes a lot of time (getting off nardil) or has little chance of succeeding (ssris). Remeron is known for weight gain also.
I have put parnate high on my list. I can't augment with tricyclics, they totally disorient me. Parnate is probably the only thing I'd give up Nardil for.
My pdoc (who decided I can't take nardil with afrafinil) added a small bit of risperdal to my nardil, but I'm going to New Mexico Sunday (for a week) so she said to wait until I come back. I absolutely can't take 1mg of thorozine so I'm not very hopeful. Meanwhile I've doubled my doze of Nardil, so I'm feeling a little floaty. Santa Fe is a place I feel very comfortable in, so it's okay if I feel some depression out there (although my preference would be to leave it here). I'll also bring a couple of hydrocodone just in case the depression becomes unbearable. (My depression is all in my chest and hurts as if its a physical pain). It's only sometimes tied to my self-image in that I'm more vulnerable, but it definitely feels endogenous at this point. And I continue to work on what little I remember of my physical and sexual trauma in therapy, as well as life coping skills (e.g.,running a business depressed, cleaning a house depressed, mowing my lawn depressed, etc.)Hope you are hanging in there. It's almost the middle of September.
later, Shellie
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