Posted by bluebird on July 25, 2004, at 17:04:34
In reply to Re: Switching to MAOI??? Please advise.., posted by cybercafe on July 24, 2004, at 10:39:59
> > I've been diagnosed with depression and been on anti-depressants for over 15 years now. I'm currently taking Lexapro 30mg, Surmontil/Trimipramine 25mg, generic Adderal 15mg - the cocktail is having diminishing effectiveness this year. I've been doing some net research which leads me to believe that, more precisely, I have atypical depression. What's interesting is that MAOIs seem to be much more effective for this particular type of depression.
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> > Despite the dietary restrictions, I'd like to switch to an MAOI. However, some sites I've read indicate that you must be off SSRIs (and TCAs?) completely for two weeks before starting. Just going down on Lexapro would be hard enough, but completely withdrawing would be next to impossible.
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> > Have others gone down this route? Advice would be greatly appreciated.
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> i would recommend it from personal experience... SSRIs definately only did 30% of the job for me (though they were definately a lot better than nothing!!) but parnate is really a miracle drug for me ... YMMV ... yes the washout period wasn't much fun... but if you really can't bear it... i'm sure there are other drugs you can take to help you with it (i.e. clonazepam really helps SSRI withdrawal, etc) ...
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> don't think you'd be able to get away with Adderall and parnate at the same time though... i do take parnate + ritalin .. but my doc says amphetamines are a big no-no .... YMMVI have a question for you. When coming off of the SSRI what dose of clonazepam did you take? I am coming off of Paxil and just going down 5mg gives me the shakes and so forth. I also take clonazepam, did you up your doses as you went down? I am at 75mg on Paxil right now. Just dropped 5mg from 80mg. It just isn't working well. It seemed to work in the 1st year, which was the first time in my life I felt relief at all, although anxiety and depression were still and issue. Plan to switch to MAOI. I think Parnate is the one I want to take. Seeing new Doc soon. Thanks, bluebird
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