Posted by jsarirose on March 6, 2002, at 19:29:06
In reply to Re: Atypical Depression » Elizabeth, posted by Sparkboy on March 6, 2002, at 15:36:03
> Elizabeth, you've had much more access to text materials than I, and was wondering if you can suggest any textbooks or other publications with a discussion of atypical depression. I found a whole chapter I copied out of a book years ago, but that was published in 1989. Are there any more recents works that give insight into this frustrating disorder?
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> After Parnate quit working, I've been managing with low doses of various meds--moclobemide, Neurontin, Ativan--but the anxiety and social phobia have been to the point of disability. Any ideas? Lamictal sounds a little too scary, but I wonder if it could help something like this. Mostly I'd like to get back the Parnate-derived calmness and warmth that made me feel connected to people.
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> --JohnYou shouldn't be scared by Lamictal. I tried it, it just didn't seem to do much for me. Although after I stopped I heard I could have gone much higher in dosage, I just didn't want to start the lengthy creeping up period again. You can go very high with it though (my friend takes a large dose) and neither of us have had any real side effects. There are much worse drugs out there - I tried Tegretol and that's one of the worst I've ever been on - and I've been on many, many different drugs. But then I know people that take that too without the side effects I had, maybe for those that it works for the side effects are minimal as they are getting something their body needs.
Anyway, if your doc suggests Lamictal, you may want to try it starting low and creeping up.
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