Posted by harryp on May 4, 2004, at 4:50:08
In reply to Re: AntiDepressants - A trip to hell. My take., posted by Carlos C on May 3, 2004, at 23:05:28
Eliptical trainers are great. It helps so much if you can lose yourself with some repetitive aerobic exercise (swimming is my current fix) and just wear yourself out. After a while, it can get so automatic that you can usually do it even if you are badly depressed (which is when exercise can help you the most--at any rate, it can help things from getting worse).
If you feel up to trying a new med, I would strongly suggest Parnate. It is very unusual among AD's in that it acts as a stimulant, and does not cause weight gain. I have essentially no side effects on it. I absolutely cannot tolerate drugs messing with my emotions/cognition, and this is the only AD that had no bad effects on either. When I started, it caused fatigue, but that wore off relatively quickly.
> I appreciate all your help. Thanks to all. I still think I'm going to take a break from meds. They tend to compound the problems. Masking one with another. I'm sensitive to weight gain on all ADs I've tried (and like most here I have tried A LOT!) I'd like to steer clear of benzo's as they tend to make me very tired and cranky. The mood stabilizers I've tried screwed with my cognition and memory along with MORE fatigue. (depakote, neutrotin). Like I've said before the mentioned is just a short list of the bad side-effects. I have so much more energy and way less digestive problems now that I'm 'clean'. My parents were kind enough to spring for an elliptical trainer machine and I'm dusting of the weight-lifting equipment.
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