Posted by Questionmark on March 11, 2003, at 0:53:03
In reply to Re: Atypical OCD - URGENT med suggestions needed NOW!! » ace, posted by Ritch on March 10, 2003, at 23:13:36
i agree that a AP trial would be better before getting off Nardil and switching to smthing else, but i'm sure you probably agree w/ that anyway.
But if you do try an AP, i really suggest you start out with a very low dose, especially since you are not psychotic or anything. i really believe that AP doses are so often too high for people and then they can turn you into little less than a zombie.
Also, i wanted to mention something to you. Not to be condescending, anxiety-provoking, or discouraging at all, but... i'm convinced that psychiatric drugs can VERY often lose their efficacy after awhile (though it varies widely of course). So make sure you don't waste too much time in your present nardil happiness-- use it to accomplish things that you'd like to and better your life while you can. Not that you aren't of course, but i just wanted to tell you that. Also, i'm not saying you haven't already-- but just in case-- take some time to evaluate whether further med tinkering is really necessary or worth it. i really don't know, cuz i dont know how troublesome your remaining obssv-cmplsv stuff is. But if it's not too bad, i suggest just sticking with what youve got. -Just something to think about.
Question: you said youre studying psychopharm. or would like to become a psychopharmacologist eventually-- do you know, does this require taking a buttload of chemistry courses (or being a chem major), or can one go another route? You think one could get an undergraduate psychology degree (w/ some chem and bio courses) and then go into grad school on a psychopharm path?
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