Posted by Bob on December 16, 2011, at 16:10:16
In reply to Re: reset » hyperfocus, posted by SLS on December 16, 2011, at 13:50:50
> I'm afraid to discontinue everything because I doubt that I could live independently without them. My baseline depression has grown more severe as the years have passed. I was 27 when I responded well to treatment. I had been drug-free for at least 9 months prior to that. I don't recall what drugs I had been taking before that.
>Scott - My baseline deterioration progressed much like yours. After exposure to a few drugs in the early nineties it quickly got to the point where it was quite scary to be off of everything, then it got even worse and I could no longer survive without something in my system. I have no idea whether this is due solely to my illness, solely to the med exposure, or some combination of the two. It sure feels though like something about my brain fundamentally and irrevocably changed after the initial repeat exposures to psychiatric medications.
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> I am discontinuing Effexor in preparation to return to a MAOI (Nardil or Parnate). I am going to go with Parnate this time so as to minimize weight gain.
>What about something like Imipramine Scott?
> I continue to lie to myself that I will ever get well. I am afraid of where the truth would lead me.
>I don't see where we really have a choice here. For me it's either lie to myself or... well... you know. I'm always reminded of that line from The Shawshank Redemption, "Get busy livin', or get busy dyin'."
Hang in there bro.
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> - Scott
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