Posted by 49er on October 28, 2007, at 14:16:43
In reply to Withdrawal after long term MAOI treatment., posted by Jedi on July 30, 2007, at 22:42:09
Hi Jedi,
In 2006, I started tapering off of 4 psych meds after being on them for over 10 years. I am now down to two and will keep going until I am off of them. Even though they didn't involve MAOIs, one of my diagnosis' was depression.
I am not sure what you mean by cured of major depression. If you mean does it paralize me, the answer is no and this is in spite of dealing with the near loss of a family member plus job instability.
Being depressed is a human emotion and what I have learned when I do have it is to pay attention to what is going on. When I do that, the depressions tend to be short lived.
One thing I am also doing is taking nutritional supplements. As one who used to think alternative medicine was a big time dirty word, I laugh out loud at the irony of this. But they have helped keep my moods stable and thus, I am better able to see when I am going down a path I don't want to go down.
Please understand I am not saying that because I can do this, so can everyone. I don't know what your sitatuion is. But I do want to give you hope and that is why I responded.
Finally, when you finally quit a med, please understand that withdrawal symptoms can take alot longer than you think they do. People on the paxil progress boards reported not feeling well until about two years after they took their last pill. But alot of those people CTd their meds which is not a good idea.
Anyway, I hope this helps.
49er
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