Posted by Elizabeth on October 17, 1999, at 21:16:34
In reply to Re: Elizabeth, posted by anita on October 17, 1999, at 17:16:49
> Well good luck Elizabeth! Just some comments while I'm in a writing mood: I didn't experience any Parnate withdrawal until 2 days after I was off it completely. I'd get a supply of benzos for it too ;-).
I have a big bottle of 2mg Xanax, but actually I was going to use buprenorphine (they're not compatible). I think I'll be okay.
>One thing I noticed about TCAs is that while the dry mouth was horrible at first it did get better, and when I combined an SSRI with a low-dose tricyclic I actually had no side effect, for what that's worth.
MAOIs and amphetamines give me dry mouth also (presumably a sympathomimetic thing). I did the Prozac/desipramine thing briefly but got pretty jittery and had to drop the dmi.
Constipation is the thing I'm worrying about, not dry mouth. I get away with using Buprenex occasionally by adding
> How long are you waiting after you stop Parnate to start Marplan or whatever? I did fine with only 10 days. BTW, did you find lithium to help with irritability? BTW, I haven't tried Marplan yet, scared of weight gain.
10 days is what the manufacturer recommends; my research suggests 7 is fine.
I don't think the mechanisms of weight gain have been well elucidated; also, isocarboxazid is the least-studied of the three remaining "classic" MAOIs. Therefore, there doesn't seem to be much information about weight gain with Marplan. I think the best bet is to ask around (see if you can find some docs who have experience using it).
> take care,
> anitayou too,
-elizabeth
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