Posted by Sherry on March 2, 2000, at 16:48:11
In reply to What do you know about...., posted by Noa on March 2, 2000, at 14:17:51
I can only say from personal experience, that the only thing that ever touched my depression was a MAOI, namely Parnate. It didn't last long though, and I am just curious as to why you are against giving the MAO's a try? I never felt deprived because to the diet. The only thing I truly missed was pizza, and I got around that by pulling all the topping off and eating the crust and sauce ( the best part anyway). It would probably be better to try the Wellbutrin first, but if that doesn't work, then I would seriously reconsider trying the MAO's. They often work when nothing else will.Have a wonderful day, week, year.
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> At what point do I say the effexor isn't doing it for me. I mean, it has been working, but what is it with these new episodes? And if these episodes reflect a cycling a la bipolar family, why isn't the lithium helping. I did feel better initially with the lithium, but not anymore.
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> So, I wonder if it is time to move on. I never gave Welbutrin a proper trial. It was a few years back, in combo with paxil, and I got diarrhea, which I attributed to the wellbutrin, but it all happened so fast, I realy am not sure. At the time, I also didn't like the Wellbutrin because you had to dose three times a day, and I was still spoiled by the single dose prozac,etc. Needless to say, with all I am on now, dosing three times a day really wouldn't matter.
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> How do people feel about wellbutrin? Especially for an obviously refractory depression.
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> I don't think I want to go with an MAOI, and the only time I took a tricyclic I wigged out bad on a small initial dose. The other SSRIs? I don't know if they offer anything new for me. Does Wellbutrin?
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> Is it worth trying? How would one do this--tapering off effexor? I assume it would be ok to overlap at some point.
poster:Sherry
thread:25503
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