Posted by MARTY on April 5, 2006, at 11:50:58
In reply to Impossible to ever get off MAOIs?, posted by tygereyes on April 5, 2006, at 10:39:10
Hi Tygereyes --Sorry for not having any answer to you. I'm sure others will answer you soon.
Just a word to tell you that I wasn't aware of withdrawal problem associated with MAOI and that I find what you say to be scary when you say that you find it to be worst than SSRI.
I will have to stop Nardil soon to be able to try Parnate. And if Parnate doesn't work I will have to withdraw from it to go back to Nardil. 2 withdraw in less than approximatly 3 months. After having live many SSRI withdrawal, including 2 of the infamous Paxil, let me say that what you are telling us is not a good news to me.
I'm looking forward with great interest the answers you will get.
Marty
> Now that I've been on Parnate, life is not the same without it.
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> I've tried to stop taking this medication at least three times in the past two month, and every time I try to stop it, I start it right back up again.
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> No one tells you that MAOI withdrawal and its after-effects are worse than SSRI withdrawal. No one tells you that you will no longer be able to distinguish between your baseline, the alleviation of depressive symptoms, and the "high" that the drug causes. No one tells you about the impulses you will have to self-medicate, to push the dose as high as it can go, to feel better than you can ever imagine having felt on an antidepressant, of all things.
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> I mean, we're not talking illegal drugs here! We're talking about PARNATE! Why can't I just stop taking this medication and stay off of it???
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