Sleep Deprivation vs. Meds for Depression???

Posted by teepee on July 27, 2014, at 23:07:54

I have been taking Parnate for several years and it has really taken away the depths of major depression that I felt before. I would consider it fairly successful as I don't feel like I have any real ongoing side effects and I don't feel drugged or anything like that.
However, when I occasionally intentionally skip a night of sleep (google Sleep Deprivation and depression for more info), the next day I feel alive and smart and engaged and social and motivated and happy in a way that I don't feel with just Parnate.
Does this mean that Parnate isn't really doing the trick for me? Is this great feeling that I experience with sleep deprivation truly what life without depression feels like and what I should be striving to find in a medication or is it a feeling that one can only really hope to achieve through sleep deprivation?
Hope that makes some sense....
THX!

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Sleep Deprivation vs. Meds for Depression??? teepee 7/27/14
Re: Sleep Deprivation vs. Meds for Depression??? » teepee johnLA 7/28/14
Re: Sleep Deprivation vs. Meds for Depression??? alexandra_k 7/28/14
Re: Sleep Deprivation vs. Meds for Depression??? Phillipa 7/28/14
Re: Sleep Deprivation vs. Meds for Depression??? » teepee phidippus 7/28/14
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