Posted by rvanson on November 25, 2004, at 5:02:26
In reply to Were You Depressed in the 80s?, posted by cubbybear on November 25, 2004, at 2:23:07
> I'd be curious to hear from people who suffered from depression back in the 70s or 80s, before Prozac or the other SSRIs hit the market. What medication(s) were you prescribed? Were you given a TCA or MAOI anti-depressant? If neither, what did you take? Most importantly-- Looking back on these years, do you feel that your depression was properly dealt with and the medications were helpful?
Yes I was.
Meds: TCA's, older AP's like Stellazine, Mao's like Nardil and valium.
No, the first med that was helpful was Xanax in 1982. The Pdocs handed it out like candy.
Now the Pdoc's don't like it as much, but it saved my life even to this day.
Probably a stimulant would have helped with the depression aspect, but even then many Pdoc's were scared of lawsuits from the use of stimulants, just as they are now of benzodiazapines.
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