Posted by SLS on September 25, 2000, at 20:47:42
In reply to Re: To SLS (Scott) » SLS, posted by anita on September 25, 2000, at 5:24:51
> Scott,
>
> Thanks for the input. Nardil was the only med that truly worked for me, but it lost it's effectiveness after about a year and the side effects were getting serious. I tried Nardil with Ritalin, then Wellbutrin, to no positive effect. Lamictal, when added to Nardil helped with mood swings. I also tried Parnate, but it didn't work at all and eventually at 90mg I got toxic.
> Effexor, at high doses did not do anything. Wellbutrin consistently makes me irritable, as does reboxetine.
> I just started adding amantadine to my Zoloft and Lamictal, to see if that will help my apathy
> So Parnate is working out well for you?
>
> anita
Dear Anita,Unfortunately, the combination of Parnate and desipramine only serves to keep me off the bottom. Although I can function better because of an increase in mental energy and cognition, it produces no true antidepressant effect. I did experience a "blip" of a true antidepressant effect the fifth and sixth days after starting the combination. GOD, the world was so different for awhile. I was so different. Words are difficult to find to adequately describe this difference. It is cosmic. It's like when Dorothy first opens the door from her black-and-white world into the technicolor fantasia that is Oz. Unfortunately, I always seem to wake up in the same old black-and-white bed surrounded by gray walls and trying to avoid tornados.
Interestingly, I also had negative reactions to both Wellbutrin and reboxetine. I look forward to hearing how you do with amantadine. You and I sound very similar. I promise I'll post when I find a key to the real door.
I'll be thinking of you.
- Scott
P.S. Did you experience an early "blip" improvement with Effexor? I did - within the first hour. I also experienced a blip upon dosage increases.One more thing... Aside from MAOIs, Anafranil (chlomipramine) is probably the most effective antidepressant in the world. I tried it many years ago. It was without effect, positive or negative. Unfortunately, it is a very dirty drug. Its side effects are a cross between the other tricyclics and SSRIs.
One more one more thing... Effexor + Remeron is supposed to be a potent combination in treatment-resistant cases.
See ya'
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