Posted by blueboy on August 27, 2007, at 14:22:31
In reply to WHY NOT START W/ MAOI? + NARDIL SIDE EFFECTS ..., posted by GOGO on August 22, 2007, at 21:40:36
The short answer: Almost certainly, no doctor is going to start you on an MAOI without trying one or two SSRI/SSNRI's first.
> Well. 3 neurotransmitter stuff ... I get it. >But if SSRI or others only affect 1 of the 3 >neurotransmitters, then that creates another >imbalance ... doesn't it -_-?
Medical science just doesn't understand neurology that accurately. There is no linear model for neurotransmitter deficiencies, much less for how drugs affect them. MAOI's only exist by accident, i.e. they were trying them for Parkinson's patients and noticed that the depressed ones seemed happier.
> MAOI is called 'dirty' because they affect all >three ... but wouldn't that create a new >'equilibirum' in the end =_=?Again, you're searching for a method of analysis that medical science is years or decades from being able to support. AFAIK, MAOI's are called "dirty" because they generally have so many side-effects. Understanding of how or why the side effects occur is incomplete.
> This was the way I was going to argue w/ an MD >in case he doesn't want to give me nardil. about >the side effects though ...
If you can get a competent psychiatrist (no mean feat), you might consider listening to him at least to start, instead of going in with a fixed idea.
> 1. About weight gain: How severe is it? I follow a strict vegan diet, and drink green tea a lot. Is the weight gain due to the increase in appetite or do you just gain weight 'automatically' as if you're blowing up?Nobody knows. I got moderate weight gain, which was not due to increased appetite, as far as I could tell.
> 2. Other side effects ... flatulance ...? does OCD/ADD symptoms worsen w/ Nardil?
>OCD symptoms should stay the same or possibly improve. I don't know much about ADD/ADHD, although depression commonly affects concentration and if Nardil works, it should improve concentration.
I thought I had pretty nearly every common side effect from Nardil, and flatulence wasn't one of them.
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