Posted by willyee on October 26, 2005, at 13:18:11
In reply to Re: I think im done » willyee, posted by Chairman_MAO on October 26, 2005, at 11:43:57
> I have come back to offer suggestions, but when I am in remission (which is already coming back since I switched back to Nardil two days ago), I tend to use this board a LOT less. Mostly I come back here to check on some people I know and to offer advice because I like helping people and learning about what works for different people because I want to be a clinical psychopharmacologist one day.
>Youve always been helpful this is true.Ok so i 86 the ritlain no problemo,the only dopamine zing drug i have i s wellbutrin? Can that be of help during the initial stage
> Honestly, if there were no Rx laws, I could probably have you feeling better within about three months. Please, what you SHOULD do is dump everything except Nardil (_PLEASE_ do yourself a favor and give it a trial; get to 1mg/kg and stay there for 4-6 weeks. I have a STRONG feeling it will work.). Also, take a hypnotic if you need it. After at least 4-6 weeks on Nardil, see if you need to add something else. You will probably want to add something like a DA agonist for more zing; I recommend ropinirole for you because it is probably the most anxiolytic. Another alternative is Dexedrine, which is not agitating like Ritalin, and probably won't be agitating at ALL on Nardil.
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> Please, for your own sake, try Nardil ASAP. I have found going from Nardil to Parnate is more dicey than Parnate to Nardil, but that is sample size=1. My pdoc also had me switch from Parnate to Nardil with no washout, while with Nardil to PArnate he had me taper down my Nardil dose quite a bit, and then begin a cross taper of up on parnate, down on Nardil for the rest of the way, adding 10mg of Parnate a day until 120 was reached. This is a sound strategy; too bad I forgot it and just switched like I did with Parnate to Nardil. I got delirious and almost had to be hospitalized! I think this has to do with Nardil being a COMPLETELY irreversible inhibitor of MAO, while tranylcypromine has more of an amphetamine-like mechanism of MAO inhibition.
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