Posted by stoked on February 3, 2004, at 21:47:37
In reply to MAOI diet and Chinese restaurants--any advice?, posted by gardenergirl on February 3, 2004, at 20:30:15
Hey.
I posted on this a while back but the stuff keeps getting buried. I guess it all has to, sooner or later, but it can make it hard to find stuff.
I've got a bud who loves Chinese food, and eats at this one place all the time. He's had really bad depression that hardly ever goes away for years, and he started Parnate a couple months ago, and it was the first thing that ever nailed it.
Well, he mostly gets the sweet and sour dishes, and never had a problem, but once he got Kon Pao chicken, since he hadn't had a problem with small amounts of soy sauce. Well, this stuff must have been swimming in it, cause when he got home he felt a little weird, and checked his bp, and it was like 220/90. He hauled butt to the ER, and they got him taken care of all right.
So now he won't touch any dark oriental sauce that might have soy sauce. He looked it up, and it's the really good soy sauce that's the worst.
So now he just eats sweet and sour stuff with white rice. Gets a little boring, but at least he can still eat Chinese. I think the veggies and egg rolls have some soy sauce in them, but not enough to cause trouble.
So I hear everyone's different, but I'd say tell them you can't have any sauces with soy sauce or red wine. Probably the sweet and sour stuff or the stuff with white sauce is your best bet, but be sure to ask.
Hope that helps.
poster:stoked
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