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Re: How common is hypomania on MAOI's?

Posted by djmmm on May 2, 2007, at 17:34:58

In reply to How common is hypomania on MAOI's?, posted by malcolm64 on May 1, 2007, at 19:07:35

> I'm just wondering how many people here have experienced hypomania as a result of being on an MAOI?
>
> I'm not talking about a crazy kind of reaction, I'm referring to just a wonderful feeling of being super-relaxed and super-confident (which is the entire reason for taking an MAOI, b/c nothing else has worked).
>
> I did a year ago on Nardil. I first noticed the effect at about 45 mgs after about three weeks. But it slowly diminished to the point where the med wasn't having that effect anymore. So I stopped it (I went up as high as 90 mgs).
>
> Now I'm on Parnate (I'm on 20 mgs, but go up to 30 mgs later this week). I'm hoping that it replicates some of the superconfidence I felt while the Nardil was having its peak effect. But hopefully, it won't poop out on me like the Nardil did.
>
> I guess I'm experiencing anxiety alone just from waiting to see if the damn med is going to work.
>
> Malcolm

I often felt I was hypomanic on both Nardil and Parnate, just because they seemed to work sooo well. If you take a look at many of the positive nardil posts/threads, it certainly seems like Hypomania is very common...that, or it just works VERY well for a lot of people.


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