Posted by jedi on January 7, 2010, at 3:27:04
In reply to Re: Antidepressants only for severely depressed--, posted by emmanuel98 on January 7, 2010, at 0:51:10
> Well I had severe depression and a combination of lexapro and abilify was like magic. Got me from the living dead to completely normal. Also made me gain weight like crazy. I ended up on an MAOI. I bet if they included MAOIs in this study they'd also find that they work primarily for severe depression. I think a lot of depressive symptoms are not biologically based and require therapy rather than drugs.
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> But severe, nearly catatonic, depressions are mostly biological and require meds.Yes, even though my depression is atypical and thus supposedly not as bad as melancholic depression; without phenelzine I would not be here writing this today. I have been off the medication about one half dozen times in the past 12 years; every time the major depression has returned within a few months. I agree that people who just have the blues are hurting themselves using these powerful medications. But phenelzine was like flipping a switch when it kicked in. One day I was hopeless and dying, the next day everything was clear and the solutions to my problems were obvious. There are a lot of people on this board who have written about similar effects with the MAOIs. Many of the people who post on this board are treatment resistant. There may be a few that can survive without medication. But serious depression requires serious medication. Nardil has been around for over 50 years and is the only medication that works for me. For me talk therapy is a bad joke. I am not disagreeing with what everybody has written in this post. But, for the seriously, biologically depressed; the medications are the only thing that works.
Thanks,
Jedi
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