Posted by greywolf on March 30, 2007, at 16:35:41
In reply to Not Paxil...try Nardil or Parnate/wishingstar, posted by stargazer on March 30, 2007, at 15:08:57
A good psychiatrist should not have inexperience with MAIOs. And my guess is that when a doctor says he has a discomfort level with a particular medicine it may be shorthand for a discomfort level with liability should you have an interaction.MAOIs are safe as long as they are used within the rules. The rules are relatively easy to understand and remember (it's not like you have to worry about all those gluten-free things), and my own experience with Nardil and now with Emsam establishes that they are almost side effect free. Of course, that's only my experience, but I have heard much the same from others who have used MAOIs.
Nardil did a pretty good job for me for many months. It was wonderful not suffering from the dismal SEs I experienced with most SSRIs, NDRIs, etc.
That being said, give the Paxil a fair chance to work. There's no point in hopping from med to med without getting any of them to a therapeutic level unless the SEs are too severe to tolerate.
Let us know how it's working out.
Greywolf
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