Posted by cecilia on March 13, 2006, at 1:32:28
In reply to Re: Many people fear MAOI's....cecilia, posted by JaclinHyde on March 12, 2006, at 20:14:10
I don't know where these quotes are from, but if the person who wrote the 2nd one has never seen anyone tolerate Nardil, than it seems like he should be listing a zero percent success rate for this med. And the "Crazy Meds" outdated statement that chocolate is forbidden would keep practically anyone from trying MAOI's. But I know your intentions are good, many people are afraid of MAOI's and it's good to encourage people to try them. Like every med, they do help some people who have failed at other meds and are certainly worth a try. It's just that it's so discouraging for someone like me, and many other Psychobabblers, who have failed all the MAOI's to be told that there's a 99% success rate. Seeing this 99% statistic written by you, or Ace's frequent claim of 90% (again, without studies listed) gives me a feeling of being such a hopeless failure, even though I know that depression would be virtually nonexistent and there would be no need for Psycho-babble to exist if these statistics were true. I know, that technically it's not me that's failed, it's the drugs that have failed, but having failed, or been failed by, Marplan, Nardil, Parnate, Moclobemide, Desipramine, Imipramine, Trazadone, Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Wellbutrin, Effexor, Serzone, Buspar, St. John"s Wort, Remeron, Nortriptyline, Celexa, Gabapentin, SAM-e, Methylphenidate, Dexedrine, Olanazapine, Amisulpride, Reboxetine, Lamictal, Tianeptine, Duloxetine, Milnacipran, Adrafinil, Luvox, 5-HTP and rTMS, it just hurts a lot to have these statistics suggesting that anyone could overcome depression if they just used the right meds. Cecilia
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