Posted by shasling on April 11, 2009, at 14:14:17
In reply to Re: Increased anxiety on MAOI?, posted by sowhysosad on April 10, 2009, at 21:35:37
> Thanks shasling. Nardil is less stimulating than Parnate, I hear. I've read a theory in another thread that Nardil has less of an effect on norepinephrine and dopamine than Parnate, which might explain the difference (based on the ratio of MAO-A to MAO-B inhibition you'd guess).
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> Long-term benzos isn't an option in the UK as they just won't prescribe them for any length of time, but they might consider a couple of weeks' worth to help deal with startup anxiety.
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> I wonder how easy it is to convince a UK pdoc to prescribe an MAOI? Any posters in the UK who've used one?
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> > Maois can have some initial anxiety,but its kinda a good kinf,at least on parnate,one good thing however is benzos usualy treat overstimulation of maois quite effectly,usualy klonopin or xanax.
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>Like sls said usualy the high stimulation which may cause some anxiety will likly be with parnate over nardil and some like it,regardless as you begin long term treatment on either maoi your likly to find anxiety benifits from both.
Nardil more over as it has a gaba producing effect,and parnate for one higher doses seem to cause anxiety relieaf,also its just being stated now that parnate affects gaba b,benzos gaba a,however my guess is since parnate affects gaba b adding a gaba b med such as bacoflen might produce a even more relaxing effect.
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