Posted by Quintal on January 2, 2007, at 21:49:17
In reply to Re: Are MAOIs worth it?, posted by NYCguy on January 2, 2007, at 19:18:37
>a) Do they make everyone blow up and gain 8000 pounds like all the PDocs tell me?
No, Parnate is usually a powerful stimulant at high doses and weight loss is more common. There's no reason to think they would be much worse than other psychiatric drugs for weight gain.
>b)Are MAOIs a long term solution or are just going to work for a few months and then quit?
That's a good question but one that can be applied to all antidepressants. If you're treatment resistant and looking for something else to try then I advise you give them a go.
>I mean, lets be real. One time my PDoc opened up his PDR and Nardil wasn't even listed!?!
That's strange. Did he look very carefully?
>If these things really work wonders... one would think they would be a bit more commonly prescribed.
They can work wonders but there are severe restrictions and dire consequences if they are broken one way or another. I guess that is why MAOIs are not often prescribed; there are far too many effective treatments for first and second, even third line use but many treatment resistant people do go on to try an MAOI at some point.
>we can't ascribe all this to some giant no-profit-in it-conspiracy can we? Tons of people are on Lithium and Klonopin and no one is getting rich from them anymore.
There are literally millions of people taking Klonopin and lithium. Many pharmaceutical companies are maintaining the their income with revenue generated by these and drugs.
>I've not tried them(yet), I just wonder if all the talk about them here is because people have tried everything else and the MAOIs are held up as some kind of "holy grail"... err... I mean... "gold standard."
Then I suggest you try them and find out.
Q
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