Posted by cybercafe on July 28, 2002, at 1:34:26
In reply to How long medfree before starting nardil or parnat?, posted by hildi on July 27, 2002, at 15:53:48
> I am very interested in trying Nardil or Parnate. My dr. doesn't seem interested in letting me try, though. What other meds are you guys on, what were you 'switched from' a/d wise, and how long did you have to wait before you were able to start the nardil or parnate?
i went from effexor to parnate and had to wait 2 weeks?
though i suppose i was taking some clonazepam for effexor withdrawal effects, and the clonazepam i suppose had anti-depressant effects of it's own + i was happy enough to be getting off effexor without any withdrawal effects (thanks again to clonazepam) ...
... now the bad news, in my case, is that i found, perhaps because parnate has a different mechanism, that after the wonderful stimulant effects of parnate wore off (say 4 weeks?), my depression seemed to get worse before it got better... but it did get better, and parnate is really an awesome medication .... though it seems to work for anxiety a lot faster than depression, in my case..
but really a lot of people who have never taken an MAOI and never had much success have had miraculous results on an MAOI, so i don't want to discourage you ...my doc said he would not mind using parnate as a first line medication ... i mean besides being really effective, it has a really benign side effect profile (for me, anyways)
> IF I can talk my dr. into this, I am worried about the 'in between time'. I have been on various SSRI's and still taking them now. I will flip out if I have to be med-free for a while- and I cannot take benzos in between- thats not an option for me.
... perhaps you could try a mood stabilizer or something ... lithium perhaps? .. just to make things a bit easier on you
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