Posted by Lia Mason on March 28, 2002, at 0:17:46
In reply to Re: that light switch? MAOIs etc » Lia Mason, posted by Cindylou on March 24, 2002, at 14:40:24
Hi Cindylou,
I'm sorry. I was out of town for a few days. Hope you find this.
I've been on everything. Literally. I did all the MAO's which were fantastic antidepressants--truly "light switches" with terrible side effects. I also respond very well to SSRI's, but... there's the Prozac poop out which, as I've said, is heartbreaking.
One important thing I will tell you... Prozac pooped out on me for years. Awful. I'd get 6 months and then crash. Then, in 1994, I started taking Depakote with it and it made all the difference. I really believe--in my case--that Depakote kept the Prozac working--for years. I took the Prozac/Depakote combo until 2000 and depression-wise I was fine. But the sexual side effects continued to bother me, so... I started looking around. I tried Sam-e and did really well with that for a year (at a high, expensive dose--1200). Then, after this good year, I had some health problems (unrelated to Sam-e) that stressed me A LOT and I got depressed again. I'm now on Sam-e and Effexor and about to start Lamictal.
I don't know how much we have in common, but... I feel strongly that the addition of the mood stabilizer boosted my antidepressant a lot. I simply never got that kind of mileage out of Prozac alone.
My situation now is that I'm trying to find an antidepressant that doesn't numb me out sexually. I'm hoping Lamictal will help.
I hope this is somewhat useful. Good luck.
Lia
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