Posted by Ilene on August 4, 2004, at 20:53:50
In reply to Re: MAOI poop-out?, posted by gardenergirl on August 4, 2004, at 17:58:14
> Ilene,
> Sorry you are struggling right now. I actually am, too, and have been wondering if it's the Nardil pooping out. I saw a pdoc yesterday, who recommended upping the Nardil to 75 mg for a trial. But she also thinks my current depression is more psychological in nature, thanks to having to care for my mother after her surgery. (Mom is toxic). So, it could be just the stress of moving. It's a lot of hassles, plus the loss of the familiar and loss of perhaps friends? Throw in new docs and I think I'd be depressed, too.
>
> Take care,
>
> ggYes, I saw one of your posts over on psychology. How are you tolerating the increased dosage? Any positive effects yet?
Join the toxic-mom club. I never actually missed my mom when she died. I wish I could have dealt with her in a more adult-like manner, though. She and my sister got along a lot better. (My sister's dead too. I don't think she inherited the "depression gene".)
Toxic people sometimes victimize themselves as much as they victimize other people. I think my mother lacked insight into her own behavior. I know she was emotionally abused by her own mother, so that was her mothering style, to oversimplify. Plus she probably had an anxiety disorder.
This is the way I see it: Normal people get stressed, but they don't get depressed, or if they do the depression goes away with the stressor. They don't feel suicidal, either, or get symptoms other than the emotional state of feeling down.
If the ADs are working a person should be "normal", or nearly so.
The move is quite stressful. I have a few friends here, but they tend to be busy with their own lives. I didn't really have friends in Washington because I was too sick or depressed to do the things where people make friends. (I think I'm a little difficult to get along with, too.)
I have no difficulty falling into a depression, but I've never been able to master falling out of one. Drugs are the only thing that's ever worked.
poster:Ilene
thread:374083
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20040730/msgs/374178.html