Posted by laima on January 2, 2007, at 21:31:41
In reply to Re: Are MAOIs worth it? » laima, posted by NYCguy on January 2, 2007, at 21:22:59
Do you think you'll give another MAOI a trial then? Maybe Emsam would be an easy one to revisit, because at least the food restrictions aren't such a big deal with it. I'd say it's definately weight-neutral, and I could have sworn I heard Parnate was, too. (But I haven't tried Parnate or any other MAOI other than oral selegeline.) I think it's the food and drug restrictions which keep the MAOIs from being as widely prescribed as other antidepressents- I think doctors get spooked that patients won't comply well, and then they've got a problem. (Can you imagine being a doctor and then your patient eats the wrong thing and feigns ingnorance or whatever?) I've read over and over that the MAOI class IS the best class for atypical depression. Emsam's working out alright for me, though my dose might go up and we are dinkering with augmentation strategies. Right now I'm on an Emsam-Adderall program which appears to be working out pretty well.
> Rather absurd now that I look back, I know. I musn't be so impatient. I will give it a legitimate shot to work if I trial it again.
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