Posted by gibber on October 21, 2005, at 10:31:21
Hi everybody. I'm on 20mg of prozac and 100mg of stattera and not seeing much benefit. I have gone through a slew of meds...couple SSRIs, wellbrutrin, mirapex, effexor and now the time has come for MAOIs. I'm tossing around the pros and cons of parnate, nardil, and selegiline and really haven't come to any real conclusion. The wash out period coming up will be the first med free period in about two years. I'm a little nervous but also curious. I had a short break from lexapro a while back and remember anxiety coming back pretty bad. But all in all I really have had no anxiety for a while. I'm wondering how other people have faired during their wash out period. Can anyone suggest any suppliments I might try (with dosages) during this period. I have had very limited success with 5htp, vitamins, 7-keto, etc. I would dx my depression as 'atypical' and I'm not sure why I haven't been tried on MAOIs sooner given there appearent effectiveness with atypicals. My cognitive function is poor and thought selegiline would be good for that, but not sure. Any suggestions? I have no trouble sleeping but don't feel very well rested most of the time. I'm concerned about REM suppression on MAOIs. I recently had a sleep study and it said I may not be getting enough REM phase sleep. THis could be because of the current meds or a symptom of depression. This is a great board! Thanks for any input.
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