Posted by rose45 on December 9, 2015, at 2:59:25
In reply to Re: Nardil--long term use » rose45, posted by john locke on December 9, 2015, at 0:47:42
I take it because I have clinical depression which is so bad that I cannot function at all without medication, and maois seem to be the only medication which work for me.
When it pooped out, I went to the local psychiatrist and I suggested increasing the dose, which we did, but that didnt help at all. They then suggested various other meds, none of which helped, and just made things worse. I was totally suicidal. Then I suggested we switch to parnate, which my mother had been on. Within a few weeks, the awful depression had lifted. It is not perfect, but I doubt whether any medication is. At least I can live a life, with some compromises. In many ways, for me parnate is easier to use than nardil. It doesnt give me the 'high' which nardil gave - and also changing the dose is easier. With nardil, every time I changed the dose, it would lead to at least 6 weeks of agony, and I found that I had to keep changing the dose to maintain the effect. I didnt try to go off and back on again. I reckoned after 20+ years, the chances were it probably wouldnt work any more. I was in such a bad state that I couldnt think clearly anyway, but in hindsight, I think switching to parnate, for me, was the right thing to do. There are several people on here who have also had success with marplan.
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