Posted by emmanuel98 on January 18, 2010, at 20:27:16
In reply to Re: MAOIs and orthostatic hypotension » inanimate peanut, posted by em_kath on January 18, 2010, at 19:15:14
If you're losing consciousness and vision, it's probably not the emsam. MAOI's do cause orthostatic hypotension, but you won't lose consciousness driving because of that. It's just a brief drop in blood pressure after rising from sitting or lying down for a long time and it's pretty easy to manage and generally gets better as you get used to MAOI's in your system.
I took Emsam 12mg and it did nothing for my severe depression. I went to a see a consultant at Harvard Medical School and he was very down on Emsam, said it's been over-hyped and doesn't work as well as parnate. So I went to parnate and have been depression free for five months. Parnate is the best of the MAOI's, I think.
> It's reassuring to hear that it went away once your dosage was stable. I could probably put up with occasional incidents like that if my medication was actually alleviating my depression, but I've been really disappointed with Emsam so far. I just don't want to get on an even more powerful drug like Parnate and find myself losing consciousness while driving or something... I'll just wait and see what my psychiatrist recommends before I decide. Thanks!
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