Posted by Ktemene on June 29, 2004, at 21:15:20
In reply to Re: Personal MAOI diet experience: Cold Meds?, posted by Maxime on June 27, 2004, at 19:13:29
Hi Maxime,
Don't worry about rambling- it was nice of you to take the trouble to answer the question, especially since it was kind of a trivial question anyway. It is really interesting that you have no problems with meds like Nyquil even though you are taking 80mg Parnate. Does your pdoc have any theories about why you have no problems with the forbidden meds and foods when so many other people do? Maybe that is why you haven't had a problem taking Adderall with Parnate. (If I am remembering correctly that you did recently start taking Adderall to augment Parnate.)For more than a year now I have been taking 10-20mg Adderall per day, and my experience has been very good. I’ve never needed to up the dose of Adderall. And I always had the sense that Adderall was not only acting as a stimulant but was also augmenting the antidepressant effects of the AD I was taking at the time (Wellbutrin up until this spring, Selegiline now- they both effect dopamine so maybe that is the reason Adderall worked well with both of them). I also take Provigil, and find that a particularly useful med especially late in the day, when taking Adderall might interfere with sleep.
By the way I wanted to mention how much I have gotten out of your posts since I discovered Psycho-Babble six months ago. You consistently offer encouragement and helpful advice and useful information to others even when you are obviously in a lot of pain yourself. I just wanted to say how much I appreciate it, and that I’m really hoping that Adderall will give you some relief. If anyone deserves a break, you do.
Hang in there,
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> I know I am not the norm when it comes to MAOIs. I take 80 mg of Parnate and can eat whatever I want with the sole exception being soy sauce.
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> Anyhow, I have taken Neo Citron and Nyquil while taking Parnate and nothing happened.
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> Sometimes I wonder if there is something wrong with me. I have been over 30 meds and they either don't work or they poop out on me. And it's not that I am a large person either. I'm actually really petite. so I don't know why. I'm on 80 mg of Parnate and still have depression (but not the suicidal depression I used to have).
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> > I've usually just toughed it out myself when I've had a cold or the flu, so the restrictions on those meds were really of no consequence to me. You can take plain Benadryl or another pure antihistamine, for whatever good it might do for your symptoms, but I believe that all of the decongestants are out.
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