Posted by JadeKelly on January 6, 2009, at 13:20:35
In reply to Re: Parnate one of the best meds I've tried...., posted by SLS on January 6, 2009, at 11:49:08
> I grew up teething on Parnate. It is still a strange feeling for me to look around and see that MAOIs have had to be re-discovered. People have suffered needlessly in the interim. I am still not so confident that MAOIs will return to mainstream clinical practice.
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> - ScottNo wonder you have gum problems. Just swallow the thing. Regardless of my outcome, I am confident they will come back. There are too many people with clout who are being prescibed MAOI's. I know, where's my proof. When I started thinking about a A/D, 1st depression, I tried one or two SSRI's that made me physically ill. Thats when I started reading Babble, and anything else I could get my hands on. I went to the library at Sheppard Pratt. I know its being used at JH. My own PDoc had no problem prescribing it, after I politely told him to. I saw too many people trying to many drugs to get to remission. I'm sure there might be some combination that would have eventually worked for a while.
Your right, I have no patience. It has served me well at times. First I looked at what the most powerful A/D's were, regardless of s/e's. When you're as depressed as I have been, those side effects mean nothing (to me). So I saw RobertDavid do well on the Patch. I did well on patch. But when dosing up, it made sense to switch to Parnate. Did you see that executive at JH I told you about? He's telling anyone who will listen, and he's an influential man. When he went into JH, he told them "give me your most powerful treatment". Parnate. So I respectfully disagree. I believe MAOI's are making a comeback, and if PDocs like their jobs, they will educate themselves and start prescribing MAOI's, IMHO of course.
BTW-I believe the challenge is not the drug itself, but discovering how best to individualize augmentation, etc. and get it prescribed.
I'm curious, is this an active personal mission? Or do you follow whats happening?
~Jade
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