Posted by SLS on July 22, 2018, at 11:53:30
In reply to Re: Switching from Abililfy to Saphris., posted by Lamdage22 on July 22, 2018, at 9:10:38
> I dont remember a time when you were the one receiving advice like this down in a hole. At least you can communicate with people with your computer and you seem to have come past the suicidal urges.
Yes. The time immediately after discontinuing Parnate was dark and painful. I came off of it too quickly. Perhaps this left me overly sensitive to SRI drugs. I tapered Parnate in only ten days. I think I would have been better off using a taper period of a month or more.
> Have you grown more skeptical of drugs in these bad times?
That's a good question. I am not skeptical of the utility of antidepressant drugs in general. However, I am becoming less optimistic about my case specifically.
> What was the problem to begin with? Is it the same old thing now?
Parnate was a dead-end for me. It gave me more mental energy, but that's about it. In actuality, it suppressed motivation. I was in less pain, but also less apt to begin or finish activities.
Same old thing? Pretty much. Right now, my depression is less severe than it was years ago. Perhaps the other drugs I take are preventing me from relapsing completely. It is also possible that I will feel worse as time passes without taking Parnate.
Currently:
Nortriptyline 100 mg/day
Lamictal 300 mg/day
Lithium 300 mg/day
Prazosin 30 mg/day
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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