Posted by Elizabeth Williams on March 3, 2008, at 8:55:06
In reply to Re: Parnate Problems...I Need Help!, posted by bleauberry on March 2, 2008, at 13:34:16
Hi bleauberry. This is a duplicate of my previous post, but since I'm a newbie, I didn't understand how to post a follow up to a specific person...but now I do! Yea!!!!
Thanks for the response! I have been on Wellbutrin, Lexapro, Concerta (for ADD, innatentive type) and Prozac combined with Sam-E. The only AD's that worked were the Prozac & Sam-E combination when I first started taking them. I was feeling better and stupidly went off them for a while. When I tried to go back on them, they didn't have any therapeutic effect.I haven't tried Nardil, but I'm really afraid of weight gain. The only reason I've been on Parnate so long is because of the weight loss I've had. Even with a 25-pound weight loss, I'm still at least 30 pounds overweight, and I don't want to gain all the weight I've lost. Call me crazy and vain, but I'd rather be thin and depressed than fat and happy.
Because my depression is atypical, I can usually get motivated to do the things I have to do, like go to work and family gatherings (but not always). My biggest problem is getting motivated to do anything without any external force pulling me to do so. I generally just sit around the house and do nothing. That's why my different Pdocs have generally prescribed medicines that are considered stimulating or activating-hence Parnate rather than Nardil. With the thyroid, I do have a bit more energy, but still no motivation or focus.
By the way, the Concerta was terrible and exhausted me, so I've been afraid to try other stimulants for my ADD.
poster:Elizabeth Williams
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