Posted by sowhysosad on April 17, 2009, at 16:52:02
In reply to Re: Anyone been prescribed an MAOI in the UK?, posted by jms600 on April 17, 2009, at 16:18:23
> If they don't do the trick then maybe consider the SSRI + Zyprexa route.
To be fair, I've not tried an SSRI since October last year. I had akathisia on one then couldn't tolerate a return to Cipralex, no doubt a transient reaction caused by the akathisia (overly elevated serotonin causing anxiety I'd guess). I'm stll hopeful that fluoxetine on its own might help; it's worked miracles for me before when i've had this type of depression.
>I've never tried MAOIs; however, there are few people on here - who have tried them - who say they are completely ineffective.
I wonder if that's a dosing issue - docs reluctant to push the dose to a level where it might work. Some docs swear by higher doses of phenelzine. Still, no single med works for everyone, so chances are they'e in the 30% whose depression doesn't respond to MAOI's.
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