Posted by zonked on June 18, 2011, at 9:14:29
In reply to more thoughts on my depression treatment options, posted by floatingbridge on June 18, 2011, at 2:40:53
> I responded really well to tramadol. So well, in fact, that I alarmed everyone. Not because of mania, but somehow it was only to affect pain, not mood. That
> was weird, and I'm still digging out of the shame I felt. Wiki says endogenous
> depression responds to synthetic opoids
> but treatment is usually withheld due to
> cultural reasons.
>
> I've had atypical, my major break was melancholic, I can slide into atypical, but
> lately, I have little positive mood
> reactivity. It could be the emsam. I can get out of bed now for longer periods, but damn it's grim.
>
> I am at a complete loss. With some recent nardil success at babble, despite
> my fatigue, I think it looks good, but I haven't come across any women on the board using it.Consider that far more women are prescribed antidepressants than men (cultural reasons I think, men are more likely to drink, do drugs or act out than admit to an authority figure that something's wrong and they need help). Also take a look at http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=11909&name=NARDIL - there are plenty of females on Nardil. One of my friends without MI actually had heard of Nardil because his grandmother has taken it for decades. :-)
> Mostly parnate, which is energizing
> (good), but also, maybe, aggitating. I would love to be stripped clean of a lifetime of anxiety without bludgeoning myself with benzos.I speak from personal experience alone, but I found Parnate not at all agitating. Selegiline (Emsam) made me very irritable and sort of quick to snap at people (not my natural personality at all.)
Unfortunately, Parnate also propelled me into hypomania which is very unusual for Parnate, I think. That's the only reason I stopped taking it.
> I don't know what to do. It's very difficult to forward any maoi agenda with
> my current doc. And frankly, while I could build a case for the synthic opoid, like yeah. Anyone taking that seriously?Here? Absolutely. In the field? You might have to call around and screen docs. Your case deserves the attention of an expert psychopharmacologist - I don't know your financial situation or the details of your coverage, but I can and will make a referral in babblemail.
> Crumbs. Same song. I don't expect advice. Thanks for the ear.
Any time.
-z
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