Posted by stargazer2 on May 18, 2010, at 16:13:47
In reply to Are MAOIs really that much betters?, posted by bearfan on May 18, 2010, at 0:19:36
MAO's are a whole different classification of meds, so it does warrant a trial if you have not responded to any of the other typical meds used.
You say you had responses on many meds and yet I tried all of those with very poor results, but have responded to both Nardil and Marplan.
I always hold out hope that they will work each time I try them but the last one I was on, Nardil, only worked when I combined it with meds that are usually contraindicated, but I begged my doc to let me try them in combo with Nardil.
Personally I had the best results when I was first on Nardil and then Marplan and after years went by, they did not work a second time. IN between I tried all the newer "improved" meds (prozac, Effexor, Paxil, Zoloft, Cymbalta)with mixed results.
That is the frustration of having this condition versus hypertension or diabetes. There is no way of knowing if anything will work without the experiments and side effects. I couldn't work for years and lost so much time to this, I could write a book but it would be too depressing. And the condition, at least for me, doesn't go away so it is a lifetime of these trials.
I wish I had a pseudo depression that comes once or twice every few years but will resolve on its own. That would have been a blessing other than this one I was blessed with...based on faulty genetic defects, I'm now convinced of.
Sorry, to digress, but by all means if you are at your wits end, they can work, many here will agree with this.
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