Posted by cubbybear on December 29, 2002, at 3:37:29
This note is specially intended for bluedog and LyndaK plus anyone else who was following my previous posts about experimenting with Moclobemide (Aurorix) to prevent future depressive relapses. Even if you were not following these posts in Nov.-early Dec., perhaps you have something to say anyway.
Just to recap: During a period of tranquility after stopping Zoloft, I switched to Aurorix to see if it could PREVENT any depressive relapses in the future .I just wanted to completely get away from the miserable SSRI scene, and had had great results with MAOI Parnate in the past.
Well, unfortunately I had a depressive relapse this week. I had been taking the low dose of 300 mg Aurorix for 3 weeks, and then wham--depression again. But the relapse didn't just come out of the blue: extreme frustrations with my job plus having a close friend terminate our friendship of 7 years proved to be the triggers to get the depression machine running again. . I told my dr. all that had happened and he told me to immediately raise the dose to 450 mg.,Now I'm just praying that this medication--which I've been hoping would be a a viable alternative to all the other stuff out there--will knock out the depression. The mixed reactions I've read on this board about Moclobemide have me worried that it might not work out. Any (positive!) comments from anyone about Aurorix would be appreciated.
poster:cubbybear
thread:133624
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20021223/msgs/133624.html