Posted by SteveS on March 21, 2002, at 13:02:08
In reply to SAM-e's helpful link., posted by davex on March 21, 2002, at 11:21:02
Hi to everybody,
these are my personal impressions, but for me
Sam-e was a life safer.
I'm a pure depressed, no anxious, sometimes i prayed to be a little anxiuos, cause i didn't feel interest, energy...nothing (good or bad) seemed to be important for me.
I began to go on SSRIs (large number of them) and i felt worst: I felt like a was a zombie!
No enhanced mood, no less depression, no more energy and desires, on the contrary they erased my left (low) energy.
Do not speak about TCA trials at all: a disaster!
I had no more energy to live, to work, to ride...i only would like to go to bed and to sleep! I layed in bed during the day too and i hated everyone and everything (even on Effexor heavy side-effects!!).
A month ago my pdoc spoke to me about a natural antidepressant, not well known, but very promising for every kind of depression: Sam-e.
I was a little sceptic, but i decided to give it a try.
I began at 400 than 800 and now at 1200 mg/d.
Since from the first days i noticed excellent effects:
my mood for the first time get better, my energy increased, i began to see the things that i do in a different way: I wanna act, rise up and work, talk, meet friends, write posts: to do something, doesn't matter what, but to do something!
I once was isolated from people, now i wanna go out and meet somebody....everything seems to be a little lovable.
I foud out that i think about sex, when during the passed months i women didn't mean nothing for me.
I feel more active, my view is focused and i feel "the depth in the things and in environment around me" (i don't know if you can understand what i mean).
I lost part of my negative thoughts, once i wanna die ten times a day, now sometimes i wanna think about future projects, and this is marvelous for me.
I know that these are little steps, but for me is a lot. It is just enough to think about the heavy side effects once i reported on AD, and now to not have NO ONE SIDE EFFECT AT ALL!
I think that at the end Sam-e act like activant and antidepressant at the same time.
The only problem is his cost, but no one cost is too much for the life it gave me back.
This is my experience and i know that it could not be the same for everybody, but for me SAM-e was an extraordinary revelation.
I think that we must continue to speak about this extraordinary med, write posts, let people know everything possible about this amazing chance.
I will surely post again, don't forget to continue to post!
Bye
poster:SteveS
thread:98301
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