Posted by stargazer2 on January 20, 2008, at 22:34:38
In reply to Re: Nardil or Parnate or Marplan - what's the diff, posted by 4WD on January 20, 2008, at 20:28:51
Nardil worked twice (first in 1989 and 2007)
Marplan worked once (first in 1993, not in 2006)and Parnate never worked for me.Between Nardil and Marplan, I don't remember any major differences except the second time I tried Marplan I was on another med (Lamictal) and I think if you try any MAO, make sure you try it as a monotherapy first and give it a good chance to work on its own before adding any other med to it. It wasn't until I dropped 2 other meds that I was taking with Nardil that the dizziness subsided and I improved on Nardil alone.
I went back and looked at my notes and even now with Nardil, I was initially on it with Wellbutrin and then Nortriptylline, which I stopped on my own. When my pdoc asked why, I couldn't really remember but now I'm sure the other meds caused dizziness that I thought was exclusively related to Nardil.
At least for me, Nardil and Marplan worked the best as a monotherapy. For some reason my pdoc loves to add other meds and mentioned adding Abilify to Nardil at our last appt. I think I will have to reject this suggestion for fear of upsetting the cart which is steady right now.
Now is not a time to risk anything since Nardil seems to be working pretty well since I went from 45 to 60 a few weeks ago. I don't think he will suggest Abilify if I am stable when I see him.
Stargazer
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