Posted by Flame on April 14, 2006, at 11:17:27
In reply to Re: Husband Giving Up ..., posted by SLS on April 14, 2006, at 10:46:00
Hi Scott,
I appreciate your response to my post.Yes, my husband has been to a number of therapists. In my opinion, he can't and/or won't do the necessary therapy to get him over this depression. I spoke with a couple of his therapists, that he has had over the years, and they basically said that when he gets close to finding out what *his* problem is, he freaks out and quits going to the sessions. Any "epiphanies" that he may have come upon in any of his therapy sessions .. as far as things that he can do for himself ..in my opinion, he doesn't have it in him (or won't?) do *THOSE* things that he realizes and knows he should do.
I have read on a few internet sites that the Effexor that my husband is on may have brought on this sudden "need" for drinking every night. I don't know if anyone on this BB has had that same experience? It was approximately 6 months after he started the Effexor that he began frequenting the bar, more and more. I also think that he is on quite a high dose of the Effexor XR at 375 mg. (Is that high?)
If I remember correctly, years ago he tried Wellbutrin and he complained terribly that it made him *feel* absolutely nothing. He didn't like that at all, and got off of it quite quickly. So, I'm thinking that he would not even consider the Wellbutrin.
I had never heard of Parnate or Nardil until just today, while reading some of the posts on this BB. From just the few posts that I have read, it sounds like there are some serious side effects that could be had from these .. ? (Scares me!) Another issue with these two, for my husband, would be this: My husband has a very addictive personality, I believe. He is always looking for the easy way out and will gladly take that. In the past, he talked one of his family drs. into giving him ritalin because he couldn't concentrate and maintained that he had ADD. Well ... every month when he got his Ritalin prescription filled he would pretty much finish them off within a day or two. (I would not see him until the next night .. he would just drive off to somewhere until he came down off of his (Ritalin?) high. I went into all of this info, 'cause I am afraid if something (anything!) that might make him feel temporarily euphoric would be bad for him, 'cause he would be very intent/insistent on using more and more of it.
Does that make sense?
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