Posted by em_kath on January 18, 2010, at 23:57:11
In reply to Re: MAOIs and orthostatic hypotension, posted by emmanuel98 on January 18, 2010, at 20:27:16
> 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.
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> 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.
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>Congratulations on your success on Parnate! I keep hearing more and more praise about it and I'm excited to give it a try. I also keep hearing about similar unsatisfactory experiences on Emsam and I wish I had known before I started because I wouldn't have wasted my time with it! The only reservation I have about Parnate is I've heard it has a tendency to spontaneously stop being effective, though really I'll take a few months of being depression-free even if it doesn't last. Thanks for your input!
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