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Re: Parnate vs Nardil???/Jedi

Posted by stargazer2 on November 30, 2007, at 7:41:50

In reply to Re: Parnate vs Nardil??? » bleauberry, posted by Jedi on November 30, 2007, at 2:21:27

Jedi, isn't it amazing that the pdocs that are supposed to help you prefer to use meds off-label, like atypical AP's, rather than try the MAO's? They are being fed a bunch of bull by the drug reps about the AP's working so well for depression. At least for me that is the case.

He knew I had a history of the MAO's working yet would rather use AP's and have me in a zombie, death like state rather than going back to the MAO's which were known to work for me. And he is a pdoc that prescribes MAO's.. Of course it was at my insistence, after a year and a half of trying every new off-label med for which I got samples galore, that I said enough is enough.

The AP's DO NOT work for me or they work so minimally, it's just prolonging the suffering OR using me as a guinea pig. I have chosen to not suffer needlessly just so I can be the one who miraculously recovers using them. It just has proven it is NOT going to happen.

The last few nights I only took 25 mg of Nortriptylline to help me from frquent wakenings.
Again, my own decision. I had stopped Nortrip and that was the only change I noticed going off it and it was a late effect.

Nardil works for me, not the expensive AP's which do absolutely nothing for me other than confuse me and never give me a clear-cut response. No more time to waste. 30 years on this roller coaster is long enough to not ever use me as your compliant, pleasant patient. I should have been paid for all the time that was wasted trying every useless medication. That's what the drug companies should do, not give you free samples only, but pay you for your time and lost life. I wonder if the pdocs get paid to precribe all the meds left by the drug reps? I hate to believe this but it has crossed my mind.

It hope and pray Nardil will continue to work as well as it is. I'm always waiting for the ceiling to fall again, that is the reality of depression treatment. Poop-out and depression go hand in hand. You have to do the rest by exercising (critical for me), Taling vitmains, eating and sleeping well, researching options, challenging your pdoc on what to use, etc.

If you are a passive patient you will simply be given meds and will spend a lifetime trying to reach the right treatment. My attitude has changed in the last year and I finally have been given my choice of treatments.

I would not be on Nardil if it was up to my pdoc. It's like he is clueless and only prescribes all the latest, most expensive meds. Getting free samples of the newest meds is not a good thing like I once thought it was. Especially as they only cause more time to be lost for me. Time cannot be replaced. Wake up before you're following me down the road for another 30 years. Irreplacable.

Stargazer


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