Posted by David on April 11, 1999, at 5:56:03
Hi all! I have suffered serverly from atypical depression which apparently flipped to major depression for 13 years. However I have had it mildly all my life.Virtually nothing worked well at all. Nortriptyline kept me at a stage of hell for about 5 years. ECT did not do the trick either.I have graduated to MAOI's on my insistance about 3 years ago. I received nearly a total remission for about 4 months and have slowly struggled backwards ever since. The maoi makes me very drowsy. We tried dextroamphetamine,again on my insistance with so,so results. They make me tired now so I quit them.I want to augment this Parnate with an anti-depressant of some sort but am not sure the best step to take. I get tired of doing my own reaserch and wish I could find a doctor who would just do it for me. That is easier said then done,esp. when you are not feeling well. Any stories of sucess may be just what the DR. ordered. If it were not for my unrelenting will I would not even have made it this far. Thank you David
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