Posted by emme on January 30, 2005, at 21:32:22
In reply to Re: atenolol is cardioselective » emme, posted by KaraS on January 30, 2005, at 20:06:20
> > > Are you having any success with memantine or is it too soon to tell yet?
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> > Yes, it's doing something. It's helped the depression and I'm less apathetic. But I feel vaguely depersonalized all the time, like I'm a stranger in my body. I feel detached from my emotions. And I'm tired. I'm waiting to see if this will subside. It does beat the heavy depression. If you're thinking about trying it, don't let what I've written here scare you off because YMMV. Word is that my pdoc is seeing some positive results in her patients.
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> Em,
> Anything is better than the deepest depression. I'd forgotten how low I could go when not on medication. The depersonalization is a strange side effect. I think I had that somewhat with the tricyclics years ago and it did go away.That's good. I'll be patient a little longer and see if it fades out.
> Have your pdoc's other patients had that side effect?
Dunno. I haven't had a chance to ask her yet.
> Memantine is definitely on my list of things to try. I was thinking more of using it as an augmentor but you're using it alone, right?
Nope. I take Lamictal, a dash of atenolol, and xanax as needed.
> Have you tried MAOIs at all or are those on your list somewhere?
I tried selegiline (5-10 mg). It gave me some excellent days. But I think it also fueled ups and downs because I had a lot of viscious crashes while on it. I ruled out Nardil and Parnate because I'm unwilling to take on the diet. It's not a big deal for many people, but there would be a lot of issues with my vegetarian lifestyle and it means a lot to have at least that aspect of my life left intact.
Did you have good success with tricylics?
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