Posted by Crazy Horse on April 15, 2006, at 13:31:03
In reply to Re: Depression Can Be Fatal!, posted by nnmr1 on April 15, 2006, at 13:20:14
> You might be eating less because of the Parnate(it tends to suppress appetite). That might be affecting your glucose levels.
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> MAOIs are not for everyone, that's for sure. But I would rather risk a hypertensive crisis than to keep living(or rather, not living) the way I was before.
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> (No BP problems so far, measured BP at least once a day (usually 2-3 times/day) when I first started Nardil. Then I kept measuring several times a week. All I noticed was a slight drop in BP from before taking an MAOI, never had an occipital headache or BP any higher than 155/90. Now that I'm switching to Parnate(+Klonopin) from Nardil(+Neurontin) I'm measuring more often again and I need to be even more careful with my diet than with the Nardil(not that I wasn't careful w/ the Nardil, but Parnate has a lower min. level of tyramine needed to create a hypertensive crisis).
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> I doubt I could have found a doc to prescrive these meds for me(I did try). After 7+ years of meds(prozac, paxil, wellbutrin, ritalin, adderall, lamictal, effexor, celexa, lexapro), therapy, and hospitalizations nothing was helping me so I found a way to prescribe them myself (I think I was responsible in doing this, read quite a few journal articles(not just the abstracts) and some patient experiences written online, memorized the prescribing info, had a physical(along w/ liver function tests and an EKG).
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> I guess my psychiatrists were too busy to listen(not their fault) or poorly educated on the topic(partially their fault), but none of the them ever believed me when I said i had social anxiety. I basically quoted from the DSM and gave examples, their response was to exercise more to help with the anxiety, hah. I had that diagnosis from a psychological eval, but its my fault that I never undelined the part that talked about my social anxiety and they never read the whole thing(pretty long document). Its damn hard to express yourself when you have social anxiety and depression, so I should probably stop looking for where to place the blame- not my fault I couldn't explain what I needed, not the psychiatrist's fault that he can't read my mind.
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> If you're trying to distill some meaning from my rambling, the point I'm trying to make is that you should do anything you can to get treatment that actually works. Don't stay on some damn SSRI for years if it doesn't do a damn thing. Depression/anxiety stole my late childhood/adolescence from me and almost took college away from me. Everyone says I'm a bright guy, my Prof. even said I'd have no problem earning a PhD or joint MD/PhD. But when your depressed, you don't believe anything except the negative comments from others and yourself. Wow, I guess I really had a lot to say, hope no one actually reads this trash, heh.Thanks for sharing. Depression and other related illnesses did steal my College Education from me. With only 2 quarters to go, i had to quit because of this damn disease...I've never had the courage to try to finish. Anyway, i'm 47 now and can't work anyway, thankfully my wife is an R.N., understands, and she makes good money. Sometimes i feel like such a freakin' failure though...all well, enough about poor me. :) You take care.
-Crazy Horse/Tyler
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