Posted by Jost on May 19, 2006, at 22:44:47
In reply to ECT sounding pretty good, posted by blueberry on May 19, 2006, at 16:24:55
I'd try a few more ADs before considering ECT. Maybe ECT will help--I'm sure you've done the research--but it is not a controlled treatment.
You say maois are the worst--but have you tried anything other than moclobemide? Often different chemicals in the same class have quite different effects, if the effects come from a different part of the molecule. Unless you're convinced it's the mao inhibition that's causing the depression, you could try another one.
Maois don't cause reuptake inhibition--they change the amount of the neurotransmitters, because they suppress production of an enzyme that breaks them (the neurotransmitters) down. That's a different process.
Jost
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