Posted by Parisss on February 13, 2004, at 11:08:50
In reply to Re: Who has been on meds for 10+ years??? » Flipsactown » cubbybear, posted by Flipsactown on February 13, 2004, at 6:39:11
Cuddybear, thanks for that clarification for Flip, I am trying to catch on to the acronyms in context so that I don't ask too many questions and look stupid. You all seem to know what they all mean! I think a good post for Dr. Bob would be to explain all of them at the beginning menu of the board?
Also, I took Lithium and have to say it gave me ongoing extreme diarhea and shakes. Coming off of it (after it reached a toxicity level in my system and landed me in the ER) I had the shakes so bad for months that I could not even sign my name or hold a glass of water. Make sure your levels are done often.
Paris> Cubbybear,
> You are correct. Unipolar is major depression without mania. I have heard and read about MAOI's but am uncertain how they work. Just in case the lithium, recently added to my cocktail of meds, does not provide adequate depression relief, can you please tell me more about Parnate and how it works? I do know MAOI'S adverse effects on other drugs.
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> > > Do you know if the MAOI Parnate is effective on unipolar depression?
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> > Forgive my ignorance, but I'm not sure what unipolar means. Does it mean that the depression does not have a manic part? If so, then I guess my depression is unipolar, since I definitely am not bi-polar or atypical. If I were to stop the Parnate, within a few months I'd plunge back down into major depression, with bad anxiety as one of the symptoms, but no manic behavior or feelings. Hope this helps.
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