Posted by NYCguy on January 2, 2007, at 23:42:07
In reply to Re: Are MAOIs worth it? » NYCguy, posted by Quintal on January 2, 2007, at 21:49:17
Quintal, thanks for your response.
> >b)Are MAOIs a long term solution or are just going to work for a few months and then quit?
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> That's a good question but one that can be applied to all antidepressants. If you're treatment resistant and looking for something else to try then I advise you give them a go.
>I guess I am treatment resistant in that I haven't found any sustainable way yet to rid myself of crippling social anxiety and pervasive atypical depression.
> >I've not tried them(yet), I just wonder if all the talk about them here is because people have tried everything else and the MAOIs are held up as some kind of "holy grail"... err... I mean... "gold standard."
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> Then I suggest you try them and find out.
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> QYour point is well taken. I will try them and find out for myself. I'm sorry if I came across with a negative vibe in the last post. I just get so anxious about these things that I'm afraid to even try them. I stew over it. I know that no ammount of "web knowlege" about these meds will ever help me get better, but giving them a fair trial them might lead to something really great.
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