Posted by JGalt on November 4, 2001, at 17:03:45
In reply to Re: Inhibition of MAO-B Increases GABA » JGalt, posted by pat c. on November 4, 2001, at 13:01:57
Actually I think Nardil is the only MAOi that many people complain about gaining weight on. I've heard of very few people gaining weight on Parnate (seems like more of the opposite). Selegiline, from my experience and others, is one that you either maintain or loose a little weight on (of course if your transferring from Nardil you may loose a lot of weight!).
No diet restrictions with 10mg (some say as high as 30mg but I wouldn't try it) or under of Selegiline. I've found that at that level most stimulants do need to have their dosages lowered (or else you're too wired...please note that the concept of being too wired was inconcievable to me until I tried 50mg ephedrine 10mg selegiline and 400mg caffeine one day), but that's no big deal. Some recreational or prescription drugs may act slightly differently but the chances of a full blown hypertensive or serotonin crisis are practically nil.
If the klonopin is helping you that much I'd stay on it if you decide to go for selegiline.
JGalt
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