Posted by mila on April 28, 1999, at 17:20:22
In reply to Re: NOW I AM ANTI-EFFEXOR, posted by saintjames on April 28, 1999, at 13:38:58
james,
I have tried a few SSRI's and they have not worked. When I then tried effexor, it worked for a while but then stopped. Could it be that my depression involves the reuptake of Nor-E? Should I try TCA's? What other AD's effect NOr-E?
>
> A large majority of depressives moods are stablized by SSRI's or other meds that effect 5-HT. For those like me that depression is a nor-E
> issue there are few meds that effect nor-E. (basically TCA's and Effexor) After 5 years and several TCA's I started getting breakthru depression and it was just luck that effexor came on the market ! There are a number of AD's that slow reuptake of nor-E in the pipeline. Happy day
> for people like me.
>
> james
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