Posted by awatts on November 25, 2004, at 5:43:11
In reply to Re: Were You Depressed in the 80s?, posted by awatts on November 25, 2004, at 5:26:34
> > I'd be curious to hear from people who suffered from depression back in the 70s or 80s, before Prozac or the other SSRIs hit the market. What medication(s) were you prescribed? Were you given a TCA or MAOI anti-depressant? If neither, what did you take? Most importantly-- Looking back on these years, do you feel that your depression was properly dealt with and the medications were helpful?
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> I tried two MAOIs and most of the TCAs that were available in the 80s. Nothing helped my depression. More resently, none of the SSRIs have helped. Effexor XR is the only thing that has ever been helpful, but I discontinued it because of sexual side effects.
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> For anxiety, Valium worked great, but tolerance forced me to take increasingly larger doses.
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> These days, Klonopin (.5 mg x 2) is working for anxiety with no tolerance after several years.
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> I still suffer from untreated major depression.
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Let me add that I will not try Cymbalta until I see some positive results - e.g. that it works as will as Effexor, but with no sexual side effects. So far, Cymbalta does not seem like a significant improvement over Effexor from what I read in various groups.
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