Posted by Jedi on July 31, 2007, at 12:33:39
In reply to Re: Withdrawal after long term MAOI treatment. » Jedi, posted by OzLand on July 30, 2007, at 23:31:59
> I went off Parnate in 1992, I think it was, and I was on no antidepressants until 2005. Everything under the sun was tried, and I went back on Parnate. It has been working again. I guess it just depends on one's situation. I am in therapy now as I was then and am dealing with some unfinished business I should have dealt with back then. I do not expect to be on an antidepressant all my life. What makes you think you might need to be other than you get depressed when you try to go off of an MAOI? Are you in therapy? Are there things in your life that contribute to depression? Wondering about your thoughts.
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> OzLandHi OzLand,
The reason I fear I may be on antidepressants for the rest of my life is mine is an endogenous depression with no real issues that seem to have caused it. Depression, drug addiction, and alcoholism run on both sides of my family. I have had at least three first cousins who have suicided. My mother was psychotically depressed in her forties and has been on meds for it ever since. There is also schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease in my extended family.I have been in extended therapy in the past, but I'm not currently. I've been on at least forty different antidepressant combinations. The only thing that ever really worked for me was Nardil augmented with clonazepam.
Thanks for asking,
Jedi
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