Posted by Squiggles on November 18, 2007, at 9:47:07
In reply to Re: Need Help ASAP finding New Antidepressant!!!!! » tecknohed, posted by yxibow on November 15, 2007, at 0:25:21
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> > OK so MAOIs aren't for everyone but keeping them as a last resort is ridiculous IMO. Apart from lofepramine they are the only ADs that have really helped me. Years of wasted time of trial & error with SSRIs & such like makes me angry. As you can probably tell.
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> > Sorry if I seem so argumentative :)
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> Diet restrictions, hypertensive crisis, etc. I should have emphasized the word -yet-. I would try a few more things before jumping directly to them. There are even older antidepressants to try that have been little used but can work for someone and have the benefit of patient years.
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> If it works for you, then fine, I think what works for someone is not at all what works for someone else. It wasn't a personal statement.Excuse me for interrupting here, but the MAOIs
caught my eye as a very good antidepressant, which has been demonized for dietary restrictions. Some people are lucky not to like
eating that stuff anyway, e.g. cheese, but if you can be a vegetarian you can organize your diet for this drug -- which is supposed to very good.
I just want to say that sometimes an urban pharamcology myth develops or is blown out of proportion and stays there, steady and unwavering. There are other meds which have deadly interactions. I will bring up an example of what happened to me when i drank some wine which was home-brewed and contained a certain kind of yeast -- with lithium, and clonazepam -- my meds-- the result was frightening. I got something like a concussion with severe vertigo and migraine. I went to ER. Just an example of food-drug interactions which are not always put on the brochure.Squiggles
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