Posted by Elizabeth on December 15, 1999, at 10:06:46
In reply to Re: Parnate: weight gain, & the literature - Liz, posted by Adam on December 14, 1999, at 22:06:45
> I wonder what it takes before some people decide you are "refractory" enough and insist you consider an MAOI. I had one doctor keep me on Serzone for more than two months even though
> I knew it wasn't working and started rapidly spiraling the drain while on it. I guess a quivering, weeping, suicidal state of frenzy is "refractory."Actually I think it's just "nonresponse to other stuff." :-)
> I never got anywhere near bliss on an SSRI, but had a couple fun side effects for my troubles: a spare tire around the waist, anorgasmia, and loss of libido. Perhaps if I had
> tried Prozac I could have been thin, asexual, and depressed. Will MAOIs never be a first or even second-line treatment again?I think they should be put ahead of tricyclics in some cases actually, at least.
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