Posted by MelD on December 21, 2003, at 16:00:24
In reply to Re: MAOI users--experiences please » MelD, posted by cubbybear on December 21, 2003, at 1:58:56
> . Now on Parnate for almost a year and depression free for the first time in my life! I agree the diet is no big deal. So far all ive found that is absolutely forbidden is very aged cheese, such as old cheddar, blue cheese, that has the mold right in it, sauerkraut, fava beans and tap beer. All else to eat and drink has been no problem to me. Ive had other cheesses, pizza with pepperoni, salami, sausage, beer, wine of all kinds, liquor, chinese food. But do ask if you have questions about a specific food. You must also avoid decongestants and certain prescription pain meds and a few herbal things. Of course, everyone seems to have their own tolerance level to some degree, so a little careful experimentation will be called for when starting out.
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> Mel--The wording of your post makes it sound as if you willingly subjected yourself to try every one of the various foods on the list to see what would happen. Now really, did you do that?
> Nevertheless, I'm finding the posts for this topic especially interesting this time around because right here we see how one person had a hypertensive crisis from a pepperoni pizza and you say you did fine with all these other foods. After 20 years on Parnate, I've never seen quite the likes of this. Now I don't know what to make of these revised guidelines.
> Another thing--would you happen to know exactly what herbal medications (besides St. James Wort) are contraindicated?
> In the area of pain meds, I have a list of only about 2 or 3 that are supposedly OK (Percocet, Dilaudid), yet I get conflicting answers about codeine. What's your understanding about codeine? And which other pain meds have you heard are OK?
> Thanks to you and anyone else who can answer these questions.
> cubbybear
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Thanks for pointing this out, cubby - i reread my post and it isnt clear. What i have done is try something i wanted to eat from the forbidden list a bite at a time. It is obvious, to me, if something is going to cause a reaction because i feel it in my head immediately. The things i listed as taboo are things that i would never try because as far as im concerned they are bona fide no-nos for obvious reasons. As for the herbs, a lot of people are interested in ginseng, and that is bad news with Maois.
As for the pain meds, that has NOT been revised to my knowledge, and the newer meds can be even worse than the older ones. I would still refuse codeine. Hope this is clearer. Thanks, MelPS: re the pepperoni and salami - some of these dried sausages are aged as well as dried and more fermentation is involved. I would not trust dried sausage from a "gourmet" shop that imports it, but the run of the mill kind you get here in America seems to be no problem. Same with most cheeses.
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