Posted by Questionmark on October 29, 2004, at 4:32:23
In reply to Re: more questions for questionmark, posted by ravenstorm on October 28, 2004, at 16:57:33
> I could not tell from your post. Have you tried both nardil and parnate?
>Both, yes. Parnate before Nardil (according to my doctor's wishes). i was on Parnate for about... 3 months. It did not suit me well at all. It made me horribly horribly emotional, and consequentially horribly horribly depressed (to put it in short, simple terms), while something like Nardil (and SSRIs) puts a damper on my emotions-- a ceiling on the negative emotions but not so much/ not always on the positive ones (as opposed to the SSRIs which put a short ceiling on both positive and negative emotions). It was terrible for me. i have a HUGE problem with regret and all the time and opportunities that i have wasted, and Parnate made this SO much more pervasive and painful. Nardil does the complete opposite for me. Anyway, this, of course, just happens to be my experience. Many people-- especially those without significant anxiety (& even some with) find Parnate more effective for their depression than Nardil.
> Did the sexual side effects ever get better for you?
>It's kind of hard to say, since it's been such a gradual process. But i'm pretty sure that they have, yes. Yeah, actually, i would probably say a considerable amount, but still not near what "normal" (pre-Nardil) was. Also, one thing in praise of Parnate-- it gave me probably the greatest, raging libido i have ever had (probably even more than me at 14) (i'm 24 presently).
> Did you ever consider parnate instead which is suppossed to have less sexual side effects?
>(Answered).
> Thanks again.
No problem.
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