Posted by Quintal on May 11, 2007, at 19:40:32
In reply to Re: Nardil, Parnate, Abilify, stimulants...., posted by wmd40 on May 10, 2007, at 19:44:15
>What I'm looking for is an AD that has been taken by hundreds of people, not one of whom has every reported a mentally disturbing or crippling side effect, and every one of whom reports that the AD made their depression go away. That's the standard to which we hold headache medications.....
Have you tried any headache medications wmd40? Ironically it's an OTC headache medication that works best for my anxiety and depression, better than any prescribed AD ever did. I often think people naive to psychiatry think antidepressants are 'happy pills' - a reasonable assumption that they make the user feel happy within maybe an hour of popping a pill, perhaps a bit like Valium makes the anxious person calm. But conventional antidepressants don't really work like that do they? Most often they make you feel numb and indifferent, or just plain weird. Opiates are the only thing I've found make me feel 'normal' (as in healthy), calm, and alive again. The small amounts of codeine in OTC headache pills have been sufficient for me, but some people here have been prescribed buprenorphine and even hydrocodone by their pdocs. Depending where you live (codeine isn't available OTC in the US for example) I'd recommend you give it a try. It usually takes half an hour to work.
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