Posted by Oppycat on June 25, 2007, at 7:15:02
In reply to Combing MAOI's with stimulants, posted by malcolm664 on June 20, 2007, at 13:05:48
> I've been on Parnate since April 23 and it's working great (for depression, not so much for social anxiety).
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> But as I've said in previous postings, the fatigue especially in the afternoons is overwhelming. Just yesterday, I actually fell asleep at a traffic light and a passerby tapped on my window which jolted me.
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> Obviously it's cause for concern. My question is this: what's the real danger with combining a stimulant with and MAOI like Parnate? My doc has ordered me to stop the Desoxyn which worked wonderfully for the fatigue. (This is before I started the Parnate). I NEVER got tired during the daytime while I was on Desoxyn.
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> Fortunately, I still have about 40 tabs of the Desoxyn, but have been hesitant to go against his wishes, especially since (according to him) it's dangerous.
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> But since I have enough to try it out and see whether combining the Parnate and the Desoxyn will cause a problem, I'm very tempted to do that.
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> And if there are no problems, I can report to him: "See, I've been taking Desoxyn and there haven't been any problems". Hopefully, then he will relax about it.
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> The only reason, I feel a bit daring in trying this out is that I know that there are several people on the board who are on other stimulants and MAOIS at the same time and there haven't been any problems.
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> But before I pop the first pill in my mouth, I just wanted to check with people on here who are taking Ritalin, Adderall, etc with an MAOI and if they could tell me what their reaction has been.
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> My doc doesn't even want me to have more than one cup of coffee. And I have at least 3 or four STRONG cups and there haven't been any problems.
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> So am I asking for trouble by combining the Parnate with the Desoxyn?
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> MalcolmI took Parnate (80mg) with Adderall for several years with no ill effects. I've also taken it with Ritalin and Provigil. I never had any problems even with a fairly high coffee consumption. I've never combined with Desoxyn, however.
Michael
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