Posted by jedi on January 4, 2007, at 23:37:35
In reply to Re: Are MAOIs worth it?, posted by laima on January 4, 2007, at 20:22:58
It is really no big deal for me, and I have been on Nardil for most of the past 10 years. I'll order a bottled Bud Light instead of the micro brews on tap (any tyramine excess is in the tap, not the beer). In a Mexican Restaurant I tell the waiter I can't eat cheddar and please use mozzeralla, no questions asked. There are really very few foods that I can't eat, but you would not call mine a strict MAOI diet. Most high tyramine foods like sauerkraut and liver, I don't like anyway. The only thing I really miss is aged cheeses. I use the MAOI diet short list posted by Elizabeth in 2001. Has any one heard anything of her in the past few years? I sure hope she went on to get well.
Link: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20010814/msgs/75408.htmlOf course, what works for me will not work for everybody. Baring some miracle of modern science, I will be on MAOIs for the rest of my life. The diet thing is really not that big of deal, when compared to the alternative of life threatening depression.
Take care,
Jedi
> How socially awkward is following a strict MAOI diet? Is it a huge deal at restaurants, parties, going out for a drink... What does one say to acquaintences about it, without launching into a description of a mood disorder and obscure, severe-sounding medication? Do people feel deprived, or live in fear of food? Or get used to it?
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