Posted by Racer on March 8, 2004, at 2:54:36
In reply to Re: Males on psychobabble psychology, posted by Apperceptor on March 8, 2004, at 0:48:52
Not MAOIs, but TCAs. I'm a little difficult to medicate, for a lot of reasons, and finding the dosage is hard with me, too. Some drugs wipe me out within days with side effects at very low doses, but mostly it's taken up to three times the recommended dose before any drugs have worked for me. Then there are the side effects. My blood pressure is very low to begin with, so any drugs that can effect blood pressure usually do for me. I was on desiprimine for about two weeks -- and got at least six sudden close up views of the carpet in that time. I couldn't walk across the room by the end of the second week, so I stopped taking it. (Adding to my diagnosis as a difficult patient, of course. Just can't figure out why I don't cooperate...)
I've never taken an MAOI, but have read a fair amount about them. The food restrictions are too frightening for me to consider them, really, but I understand that they are often good choices for resistant depressions. And I get knocked down, too, but I think it's mostly because I put so much energy into hiding my feelings that I don't have a lot left to deal with sudden blows.
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