Posted by may-b on March 1, 2003, at 10:31:19
In reply to my story- read this if you must, posted by matt66 on February 28, 2003, at 4:35:08
>Another question for anyone whose still with me (thanks a bunch!): have you heard/do you believe in signs that a med may be starting to work or that it may be likely to give a paradoxical reaction? I've gotten much worse on some of the meds I've tried and was wondering if this was enough to warrant stopping them, or if each med deserves 4weeks unless my body absolutley can't tolerate it.
Hi MattSounds like you have had a really long, tough haul. A lot of it [minus illegal drugs] sounds familiar.
As to your question about immediate effects of a drug: when things were at their worst for me, I was prescribed Paxil. This was before the effects of Paxil were well understood. For 8 weeks I had a dreadful time functioning while getting used to the drug and would given it up were it not for the advice from the psychiatrist to press on. Paxil caused me all the horrors it has become famous for, so perhaps I should not have stuck with it... However, it did give me a completely different level of functioning, which I have never been able to get back. I was confident, the anxiety was under control, I had stamina, could speak in public articulately with humour, navigate foreign terrain easily, driving for hundreds of miles -- in short, I was coping better. The weight gain, migraines and flulike dependency on the drug drove me away from it though. A mixed blessing.
> The seleligine and parnate i never sat on for over a month. should they be my focus since the nardil seemed to do something, or is there really not a corellation between one maoi busting out and another one sticking it out, in which case where to go?
I have never tried Nardil, but Parnate did wonders almost immediately (within 3 days). This was the best AD experience in terms of controlling depression, fogginess, and attention that I have ever had. Unfortunately, I had a hypertensive crisis that was mismanaged medically and that scared me away from it. I had no other major side fx from it, and would have stuck to Parnate if I could trust that there would be no other Hypertensive episodes. Parnate's immediate good effects seemed to carry through the time I was on the drug (although insomnia and unshakable fatigue began to be a problem.)
>Cheers to you who made it to the end- it helped a little typing this.Sounds like it might help to keep posting to this group. You are certainly not alone with these experiences. I really hope you find the right medication and can stick with it long enough to get some benefit. I know it isn't easy to stick with it when it makes you feel worse initially.
Hope something in this message helps. Best wishes,
may_b
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