Posted by bulldog2 on May 12, 2006, at 8:19:58
I've been reading posts on this board since the days when scott and andrewb used to have very interesting discussions.
Ive been suffering from major depression, anxiety and panic attacks for the last thirty years. The depression has been on and off. The panic attacks occur when I have to speak before a group of people which really has put severe limitations on my career.
In the past couple years adhd and bipolar 2 have been added to the list of diagnoses. I have tried most of the antidepressants with the exception of the maois. My p-doc gave me a script for emsam which I filled and will probably start this Sunday. I am cautiously optimistic and if this doesn't work I would consider another maoi. I guess after thirty years of depression I feel like I'm wasting my life when I should be enjoying things that other people enjoy. At one time I would never have considered an maoi but now I feel like I don't have any more time to waste. It's ironic when I was young I felt like I had my whole life to figure things out but being close to sixty I don't have that luxury anymore.
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