Posted by sophia04 on June 17, 2007, at 20:59:39
In reply to Re: Going Off Parnate, next drug - your insight? » sophia04, posted by clarence on June 17, 2007, at 4:18:07
> Sophia, I am sorry you have had such a hard time in getting an agent to suit you or work for long term. I do have to ask, however, how long and at were the dosages of the said meds at the maximum tolerable dosages and lengths of time to determine thier effectiveness. Just curious.
> SnapperThank you all for your feedback. The SSRIs were prescribed first and not under a psychiatrists supervision, but I do believe I stayed on them long enough to decipher their (lack of) effectiveness. However, it's hard to say - imipramine was the first drug to really *blow* a 5-year treatment-resistent depression away, but this was at a dose of 275mg (which I understand is relatively high). When Nortriptyline (175 mg) started to loose its effectiveness (after about 1 year) i briefly went back to imipramine, but found that I did not respond to it in the same way, and so went back to Nortriptyline. After a short stint back on Nor.. I decided to give Parnate a try, and have found it the most difficult drug to tolerate thus far. I will discuss other TCA options with my doc tomorrow. Thanks so much! You are all so helpful.
Sophia
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