Posted by willyee on December 15, 2006, at 22:14:12
In reply to MAOIs Reversable vs. Non, posted by becksA on December 15, 2006, at 17:52:29
> After reading Maxime's post, it got me to thinking...the one class of drug I've never tried to combat my hardcore social anxiety and moderate depression. I've always been leary of these drugs because of the diet regime and how careful you have to be.
> My question is why would one start out trying drugs like Parnate and Nardil with all the complex dietary restrictions when you can take something like Maxime mentioned (Manerix, or something of the like). My first guess is that they are not as effective? Sort of a second option if you can't take the big ones i.e. nardil, parnate.....?
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> I'm coming down off of 14mg klonopin daily and luckily i'm an extremely fast metabolizer and can do it quite quickly, and am down to 10 within a few weeks, but i'm feeling the anxiety start to kick back in. I'm leaning more and more to this MAOI class.
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> Please help differentiate?
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> ThanksI agree with bits and pieaces of all the responses,first KLONOPIN is noted as one of the few benzos that actualy act as a mood stablizer as well.
SO although u understandably want to come off/down,id say take ur time,not too many people have died from klonopin lol,and its prob helping still a lot.So taper slow and calmly.
Also google in detail parnate,BECAUSE parnate is actualy believed to be a REVERSABLE maoi,or partialy,unlike nardil,which really builds up in your system.
Not putting one over the other,but parnate would be the choice if you wanted a more reversable med.
Nardil,due to what effects it seems to have on gaba,would be the choice for anxiety.
Parnate you would almost surly have to contine to use strong benzo use,as parnate i just read the other night actualy causes a down regualtion in gaba,however again unlike nardil parnate will likly take effect faster,possably offer a high mood elevation effect,and most importantly be absent of some serious side effects of nardil,which seem to be.....weight gain,sexual problems,and i seen some problems with causing excess sweat but not to sure on it.
I really would rule out any other of the maois for now,and read into either parnate or nardil,as you seem to need the more harder mainline ones at this point,mayne when on one and feeling better,you can then look into the lighter maois such as the ones overseas.
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