Posted by rose45 on February 15, 2014, at 5:26:01
In reply to Re: nardil tolerance and ensuing cognitive problems » rose45, posted by phinxeezaDr on February 14, 2014, at 22:19:11
> > It also seems that it is difficult to get Marplan in the UK, where I live. Maybe you are in the US? and it may be easier there??
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> I'm in the UK too. Strange, for me Parnate was the last thing my doc wanted me on. But he didn't rule it out either.That is interesting. Was it prescribed by a psychiatrist or a gp?
I live in London, and when the nardil stopped working, I saw several psychiatrists at the Chelsea and Westminster hospital. None of them had ever prescribed MAOIs. After 6 months, when I was not improving on seroquel, which was what they recommended for me, the psychiatrist I was under agreed to let me try parnate, though he had never prescribed an maoi before. I suggested parnate because my mother had been on it, and so I concluded that maybe it would help me too. I was sent to the Maudsley hospital for a second opinion. Noone ever mentioned marplan to me. After 3 weeks on parnate the severe depression lifted.
Now that you mention marplan, it is something for me to think about, although I was under the impression that it was difficult to get it in the uk. Parnate is working for me, and in many ways is easier to take than nardil, except for the one side effect of insomnia. Also parnate does make me feel rather lacking in energy and does not give that 'euphoric' feeling, but maybe that is not such a bad thing.
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