Posted by jedi on July 9, 2010, at 0:27:40
In reply to Parnate + Nardil Differences, posted by angels78 on July 7, 2010, at 8:08:15
> This question is for anyone whose taking Nardil or Parnate.
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> What Physical and Mental differences do you feel when contrasting Parnate to Nardil?Hi,
For me Parnate was a way more stimulating medication than Nardil. It did not cause the weight gain of Nardil but also did not control the anxiety as well for me. I really wanted Parnate to work because of the Nardil side effects. Unfortunately for me, I had a very rare spontaneous hypertensive episode on my last Parnate trial. That ended that.Seems to me that you have to be somewhat more careful with Parnate than Nardil when it comes to the food restrictions. I eat almost everything I want on Nardil, with the exception of aged cheeses. Some of the oddball foods that have lots of tyramine, I would not think of eating anyway. Liver has always about made me sick, even before MAOIs.
I always felt just a little too buzzed on Parnate. I could not even drink a cup of coffee or I would be totally wired. Parnate seemed to cause worse insomnia for me than Nardil. Nardil relaxes me and actually lowers my borderline high blood pressure. I credit Nardil with keeping me off the beta blockers over the past 12 years.
I do believe that Parnate has less sexual side effects than Nardil. The main problem with Nardil is delayed orgasm in males. It does not seem to cause an arousal problem for me. But at the higher doses, above 60mg for me, orgasm can be very delayed or impossible.
For social anxiety and atypical depression, Nardil just works very well for me. Some people have good results on Parnate, but I'm not one of them.
Good Luck,
Jedi
Jedi
Treatment resistant, atypical, double depression with social anxiety.
Nardil + clonazepam
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