Posted by Questionmark on November 6, 2007, at 3:05:55
In reply to Re: Withdrawal after long term MAOI treatment., posted by 49er on October 28, 2007, at 14:16:43
49er,
I just wanted to say that i thought there was a lot of wisdom in what you said in your post.
Although nothing profound, I especially admire the following statement: "Please understand I am not saying that because I can do this, so can everyone. I don't know what your sitation is. But I do want to give you hope and that is why I responded."
You are also right in saying that withdrawal symptoms can take a lot longer to fully abate than we would often guess.And to Jedi and Juliana,
I am a four year Nardil veteran, and both times I have tried to quit have resulted (eventually) in the emergence of an even more painful, unremitting despair. I understand too that even with how much better one feels with Nardil, living with what should be unnecessary side effects gets old and ... yeah. But... I don't know. I'm sorry. i have to go to sleep. But don't give up on Nardil. And... Ah crap i have nothing to offer than you don't already know. But...
I wish you luck.
I wish you luck.
> Hi Jedi,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Anyway, I hope this helps.
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> 49er
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