Posted by Chairman_MAO on June 17, 2005, at 12:34:59
In reply to Re: Nardil or Parnate?, posted by Declan on June 17, 2005, at 2:12:24
Yes, I had 200mg of tranylcypromine that morning, and started on Nardil 60mg/day straight away with no problems. I had to immediately jump up to 75mg/day to avoid "brain shocks" and a feeling of parnate withdrawal that was probably due to both the lack of parnate's amphetamine-like metabolites and the MAO inhibition of 200mg/day being quite a bit more than that provided by 60mg/day phenelzine.
90mg/day of phenelzine is closest to the 1mg/kg therapeutic dose for me (I am around 180-185lbs), and gives the best results. I now take it all at night, btw, which has greatly reduced the insomnia (Nardil has an acute sedative effect, at least in me), sexual dysfunction, and drowsiness. I am also happy to report that, now that I take phenelzine 90mg qhs instead of 22.5mg qid, the sexual/libido enhancing effects of the cabergoline are BACK, despite the buprenorphine 4mg qid! I am also feeling slightly anxious--probably from the cabergoline--but it is not even always noticeable. I also feel quite motivated an upbeat. Man, what a combo this is.
I would give Nardil a try, man. The side effects go away with time, yada yada. And you can always take a DA agonist to deal with the sexual side effects as I do. It works wonders.
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