Posted by meffect on December 27, 2015, at 5:15:04
In reply to Re: Nardil--long term use, posted by rose45 on December 9, 2015, at 2:59:25
> 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.
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> 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.Does the Parnate make you want to nap? When I tried Parnate, I'd take it at 8:00am and have an extreme urge to nap at ~12:00pm.
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