Posted by Chairman_MAO on May 5, 2005, at 16:54:45
In reply to Re: Survector expired, posted by sukarno on May 5, 2005, at 8:51:58
After approximately a three-day adjustment period where I had some mild "brain shocks" and emotional lability, the 75mg phenelzine I switched to from the 120mg tranylcypromine kicked in. Wow, I am impressed! It's a lot like the mild euphoria the parnate gave me without any of the stimulant side effects. I still do miss Parnate's DA "push" that gave me a little extra motivation and "go get em'" attitude, but I am really loving how calm I am. Also, my libido is slightly dampened, but performance and the enjoyment of "the act" are intact. Pretty nice. Now, if I don't start gaining weight exponentially, I'll be all set! My sleep is also vastly improved on phenelzine over tranylcypromine.
I really can't say enough good things about the irreversible MAOI + buprenorphine combination. I really feel someone should do a study of it in treatment-resistant depression or anxiety disorders.
That said, please don't be afraid of the diet nor the drug interactions. It's really very easy to follow. Everyone's different, but I ignore the diet except for the following, which I strictly observe:
NO:
1) Fermented Soy Products
2) REAL aged cheeses. Processed cheddar, etc. that one finds in 75%+ of all food in the USA are safe. As a matter of fact, the tyramine reaction was first discovered when MAOIs were introduced in Europe, because their aged foods are actually significantly aged, so people started having terrible headaches and stroking out all over the place. No one really noticed this in the US because most of our food is slop. ;)
3) Tap beer anywhere other than bars that I am certain clean their taps. If I'm going to a savory restaurant, especially one I frequent, I simply explain to the bartender that I am highly allergic to fermented beer residue in the taps and to simply be straight up with me about whether they clean the taps or not. It's never led me wrong yet, probably because no bartender wants to risk a lawsuit after I tell them what the reaction would be. Of course, I always carry around some chlorpromazine just in case (want to get phentolamine amps /w syringe to carry while I travel, but I dont know if doc will rx that, heh)
4) REAL air-dried sausages and aged meats
5) fava/broad beansThat's pretty much it for me. Simply avoid stuff that's really aged, spoiled, or otherwise old, and you'll do fine. You can carry medication with you to abort a hypertensive crisis, too. I think you'll find that, if you respond to an MAOI, you will never want to go back. I have ingested one or more representatives from just about every class of illicit and licit psychoactive drug, and have yet to find something that reliably produces anywhere near as course or robust a mood lift as the irreversible MAOIs. Any drug that's ever come along (at least in the US) that's ever stood a chance at rivaling the MAOIs has been taken off the market because of "abuse potential". I feel today the MAOIs would've never been FDA approved because of abuse potential, but they got in the door before the insanity convention of 1972 when they signed the CSA into law. I'm happy about that, too, because otherwise I would be a more-or-less miserable dysfunctional wreck.
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