Just read your post of your story. We have much in common. I admire your openness and your willingness to share. I just started taking an MAOI. I really think it's helping with my depression. I've been so depressed my entire life. Ended up in a psych hospital a decade ago. Diagnosed with bipolar 2 at that time. I spent years as an adolescent self medicating. I've been on psych drugs since my hospitalization. I've struggled with the idea that I will have to take medication the rest of my life. I think I've finally accepted that fact. I think this nardil is going to be the ticket for me. I take trileptal and also seroquel since I can't sleep well at all. I'm also on klonopin. I'm going to try to do a liquid titration to take myself off. I'll start that after my daughter has her baby. There is just too much going on right now to worry about one more thing. Glad to be your friend on here...