Posted by kreedi on June 26, 2002, at 9:30:11
In reply to Re: End of my tether? General med questions (long-ish) » kreedi, posted by jay on June 25, 2002, at 2:32:23
Thanks for your responses. I'd characterize my depression as: dysthymic pretty much all my life, with superimposed major (unipolar) depression. The depressive episodes seemed to be acute (episodes at the ages of 10, 15, 21, 24) but now the depression seems to have become chronic. I've never been suicidal though, however bad it's been sometimes.
I guess one problem I have with staying on ADs is the sexual side-effects; I find them virtually intolerable (once I'm feeling better). But I have to accept, I suppose, the trade-off.
Feeling relatively good, actually, in the last couple of days, sudden (almost overnight) change. Up to Effexor XR, 112.5 a day. Still thinking of switching back to Prozac, though, perhaps augmented with pindolol, because of possibly fewer sexual side-effects. Does pindolol actually do that -- augment the efficacy and speed, as well as reduce the sexual side-effects, of SSRIs and venlafaxine?
Seamus -- I live in Bombay.
Kreedi (Jay)
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