Posted by ace on November 24, 2006, at 21:34:37
In reply to Re: Please feel free to ask any Nardil related qstns » ace, posted by blueberry on November 24, 2006, at 18:34:11
> Hi Ace,
>
> Since nardil works so good for you, I wonder why more people aren't on it? Or why more doctors don't prescribe it?OK. Doctors are not generally taught about MAOI's these days. The institutions in which they are taught are largely fianced in many cases by the SSRI manafacturers. They are cautioned that MAOI's must be last line and are 'very dangerous'...this is simply not the case when used responsibly. Doctors are just human...they are influence by their surroundings as much as anyone else. SSRI's are all the rage to the new school, but the older psychiatrists know better.
Is it because of the diet restrictions?The dietary restrictioncts are very small. They havent been updated in years. I have been on Nardil for ages...I eat anything almost. They pose hardly a problem.
Side effects?
OK...they do INDEED, on the whole, produce more s/effects than the SSRI's. But hey, they eventually pass in so so many users, and in the meantime, their are agents we can use to combat them.
Or is it because like the other antidepressants mileage varies, to where with any one of them you'll get a substantial group of people that do fair to ok and only a few that do great? What do you think?
I disagree. MAOI's are extremely effective in most patients. SSRI's are effective in a few. I have read thousands, literally thousands off anecdotal and clinical data on their use.
They are the most powerful antidepressants in the psychiatrists arsenal.
Hope this helps and take good care:)
Ace
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