Posted by Englishman006! on May 31, 2013, at 11:53:09
In reply to Can you combine a stimulant with an MAOI??, posted by lillabella on May 23, 2013, at 18:14:40
> Hello,
> I am one of the treatment resistant gang which is why I still post on this board. I take it, the people who have found relief from meds no longer need to use this excellent site as they are busy living their lives. How I envy them!
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> I suffer from ADD and bi-polar depression with serious chronic depressive disorder. I have tried every med out there usually with diastrous results or with feeble ones that don't help at all.
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> The only class of meds that work for me are the MAOI's: most notably: Parnate. But, Parnate stopped working after a very bad doctor made me trial some heavy mood stabilizers that caused major panic attack and what I'm sure is some changes to my neurochemistry because the parnate, when resumed stopped working, full stop!
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> First Question: Once a med stops working is there anyway on God's earth to augment, kick start, or somehow force it into working once again, or is it game over???
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> Second Question: ADD meds don't really work for me. I get the 'zombie' effect which I have read from a rare few who get the same. That is I have no energy, motivation or desire to do anything that doesn't involve sitting or lying down. I can however, speed read very heavy non-fiction and my bedroom is littered with hardcovers that I practically inhaled. Nonetheless, Vyvanse, which I currently take at 60mg has something to it, because when I stop the med I fall ocompletely into the black hole of depression. That means bed ridden and not really wanting to carry on. I'm afraid that I may be addicted to it for this reason. Has anyone else experienced this negative effect from a stimulant? (I've tried them all with the same effect.)
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> Third Question: I have taken nardil in the past with good results except for 1)huge unnatural weight gain/with major edema and swollen stomach making me appear very pregnant and 2) nardil caused extreme bouts of drowsiness and sometimes outright blackouts..................so I thought that by combining a low amount of vyvanse, (for weight control and wakefullness) with a low amount of nardil (for mood uplift and motivation,) I might have a shot at a decent recovery. Has anyone tried a stimulant with an MAOI with success?
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> Lastly I know my doctor will not prescribe this combo for me but is there any doctor who would and how would I find them???
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> Desperate as always.........lillabella
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>Most Docs avoid the combination but I have read that it can be safe. The author of "Tuning the Brain" Dr Jay A Goldstein has successfully combined the two often.
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