Posted by Maxime on April 3, 2005, at 23:22:38
In reply to getting prescribed an maoi, posted by mworkman on April 3, 2005, at 21:47:49
Ask him what problems. Ask him if he up to date on lastest information re. MAOIs. Even the dietary restrictions have changed. He is up to date on that?
What happened on the SSRIs? Did they poop out on you?
Collect information on MAOIs and present them to him. Educate him.
I think it's f*cking ridiculous that pdocs will not prescribe these meds. Ask him if he know of a doctor who is more familiar with them .... get him where it hurts the most ... his ego.
MAOIs are safer than TCAs IMHO. I once told my pdoc that I was going to order something from the internet if he didn't let me try it. That worked.
What about a GP? Any decent GPs around?
You say that clonazopam worked but that's a benzo/mood stabiliser. So in what way did it work? What is your diagnosis? How much Prozac were/are you taking? Maybe you need to be on a higher dose. Prozac was the only med that worked for me for a while but I had to take 100 mg of it. I must metabolize meds quickly because I am always on the high end of dosages.
Sorry for firing all these questions at you ...
Maxime
> What is a good way to get prescribed an maoi by my pdoc? I've already tried several ssri's and clonozepam. Clonozepam worked but i could tell i was getting a tolerance to it. anyway, i ask him about it and he gave me a weird look and aid I couldn't take it with prozac(i was taking at the time) and that people on it had a lot of problems. I was too scared to say anything back, like i could stop taking the prozac. So how can I get prescribed an maoi? He is also like the only pdoc around.
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