Posted by phillybob on January 10, 2001, at 10:44:24
In reply to response to meds in general, posted by Bob on January 7, 2001, at 21:53:56
Hi, Bob. I'll jump in for a moment. Back this past February, I was pretty much where you are and came to this board (you've got to go back a little distance in the archives). Anyway, I had actually been "washing out" on all ADs in preparation for the trial of an MAOI. I had come to the researched conclusion that I would likely respond to an MAOI, and the one I had chosen was to be Parnate. EVERYTHING I learned agreed with what SLS has posted here.
Anyway, I was having one of the hypomanic bounces off of the ADs, so I took a drug holiday instead and had since tooled around with other ADs, etc., to the usual avail (i.e. little to no success).
I know that an MAOI will and can always be a tried, trued and tested (for others) option for me.
However, I have since begun a new experiment which seems to be working okay so far. Please see the topiramate (Topamax) thread (above, right now) to follow the story. You should find it of interest.
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