Posted by Scott L. Schofield on January 19, 2000, at 7:27:02
Q: How many people have had Nardil stop working for them?Q: How long did it Nardil work before suffering a relapse?
Q: What treatment was found to work afterwards?
I'm beginning to feel scared and demoralized. I think I will be revisiting Nardil (phenelzine), but adding several mood stabilizers this time. By process of elimination, it seems to me that Nardil is the only antidepressant that has any chance to work. My doctor and I have spent nearly ten years trying to find an answer.
I have been looking for something that would get me well so that I could live happily ever-after
I see many posts of people for whom Nardil has "pooped-out" (stopped working), and needing to find something else. For me, there is no something else. Why the hell have I been investing so much time, pain, and effort - using all of what little energy I have - just to get relief for a few months or a few years? I can't make any reasonable plans for a future because I can't count on being well for that long. It has been my expectation of finding a successful treatment that will work indefinitely that has helped convince me to stick around and wait for it.
Please don't be concerned that I might end up taking an unscheduled one-way trip to the great beyond based on the answers to the questions I've asked. I need to have facts so that I can form realistic expectations and thus ways to deal with them as I go along.
Thank-you all for any contribution and sharing of experiences.
Sincerely,
Scott
poster:Scott L. Schofield
thread:19201
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