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Re: Treatment Resistant Depression Parnate vs. Lithiu

Posted by Lia Mason on April 2, 2002, at 23:15:34

In reply to Treatment Resistant Depression Parnate vs. Lithiu, posted by M in Boston on April 2, 2002, at 12:24:54

I have (it sounds like) your kind of depression. Heavy, oversleeping, lethargic but reactive. I've tried everything.

I will say this about MAOI's. I found them a big pain in terms of side effects, but NArdil cut through my depression when absolutely nothing else did. As far as blood pressure... I had problems with blood pressure lowering and blood pressure drops on MAOI's. It would seem that if you're high BP that wouldn't be a problem. Parnate worked great for my depression, too. Moclobemide and Marplan did not. I thinK Parnate and Nardil are very effective powerful drugs for this kind of illness. The diet didn't bother me. I gained weight on Nardil, but it was water weight--swollen ankles and such. And the sexual side effects bummed me out.

I'm assuming you've tried effexor which is, many think, comparable to MAOI's in terms of effectiveness. I'm on Sam-e now at a high dose. I'm not doing so great now, due to mostly situational stuff, but I got a solidly good year out of Sam-e. I also got more mileage out of Prozac by adding Depakote.

Hope some of this helps.

Lia


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