Posted by rose45 on April 3, 2019, at 4:35:04
In reply to Re: nardil and parnate have both pooped out on me, posted by PeterMartin on April 2, 2019, at 21:42:15
Thank you so much PeterMartin for responding. Im in the UK and parnate is very expensive here and Im getting it on the NHS so dont have any choice re. which brand I get. Nardil pooped out on me 5 years ago, after working for 20 years. Thats when I went onto parnate.
Interestingly I have skyped Dr. Gillman quite often and did so again just now, asking him exactly re. your suggestion re.stopping and starting again and he said no. He suggested supplementing with either lithium, nortiptyline or methylphenidate, and hugely increasing the dose of parnate. In the UK, Im sure they wont agree to huge doses of parnate, and if 30 mg worked last time, I would prefer not to increae it too much anyway.
I prefer to stick with parnate, because although it is not as 'high making' as nardil, it works quicker and I had a horrendous time with nardil during the 8 weeks it took to work and for me it was not that stable, ie it made me 'high' and if I decreased by just one tablet, I would have to go through the whole 8 weeks again.
But instinctively I like the suggestion of stopping and starting again, as it only took 3 weeks to work originally, and I cant bear the thought of being a guinea pig to the psychiatrists again, and I am at home, with very little support, because my brother's wife has just been diagnosed with a horrible disease:Creutzfeld Jakob disease, and they are just concentrating on helping her.
Have you ever done this yourself? ie stop an maoi and then start again? If so, how long did you stop for? Please let me know whether you or anyone else you have spoken to has done this.
Im seeing the psychiatrist tomorrow and that is all that is available on the nhs here. I dont think he knows much about maois. So would appreciate yr answer asap.
How are you doing on marplan ?
Thank you for caring.
rose45
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