Posted by malcolm64 on May 1, 2007, at 19:07:35
I'm just wondering how many people here have experienced hypomania as a result of being on an MAOI?
I'm not talking about a crazy kind of reaction, I'm referring to just a wonderful feeling of being super-relaxed and super-confident (which is the entire reason for taking an MAOI, b/c nothing else has worked).
I did a year ago on Nardil. I first noticed the effect at about 45 mgs after about three weeks. But it slowly diminished to the point where the med wasn't having that effect anymore. So I stopped it (I went up as high as 90 mgs).
Now I'm on Parnate (I'm on 20 mgs, but go up to 30 mgs later this week). I'm hoping that it replicates some of the superconfidence I felt while the Nardil was having its peak effect. But hopefully, it won't poop out on me like the Nardil did.
I guess I'm experiencing anxiety alone just from waiting to see if the damn med is going to work.
Malcolm
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