Posted by stargazer2 on October 16, 2008, at 21:58:23
In reply to perhaps selegiline » stargazer2, posted by azalea on October 16, 2008, at 19:58:11
Azalea,
I didn't know that about the breakdown of Emsam. I did try Emsam prior to retrying Nardil. I tried all 3 doses of it and don'think it really helped me at all, but my life has been one big drug trial and tribulation, and improvement is really hard to feel.I did take copious notes on all the meds I have ever taken, it freaks the doctors out when they see it. I don't think any docs take notes like I do, but they do not have the same vested interest that I do in getting well. And I'm not an easy case and is evident from my poor responses to the majority of the AD's I've ever taken.
For now, the combination of Nardil and tiny dose of dextroamphetamine is better than Nardil alone and much better than the other 95% of meds I've tried, but the catch-22 is the inability to really test a stimulant with Nardil. The last MD I saw would not add anything to Nardil, suggested VNS, which seemed like a long shot, and also suggested I go to Boston to see the great and powerful men of Harvard and McLean Hospital, whose article on the combination of MAO's and stimulants, fueled my interest in the combination.
Her only other suggestion was to come off Nardil and try another AD which could be combined with an ADD med to test my theory of the recalcitrant nature of my depression, being related to the impact of ADD symptoms, as well as depressive ones.
I have a belief that perhaps my depression
originated in ADD, and although my doctor has said no, this is the best and longest response I have had recently. Also, I did have another fairly good response to Celexa, wellbutrin and adderall, agan the stim factor must account for a large part of my response.Thanks for your help, Azalea. We are all in this together.
SG
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