Posted by Smoo on May 4, 2015, at 22:43:14
In reply to Re: Qs about MAOIs for anybody who has taken them, posted by europerep on May 4, 2015, at 10:31:12
Thank you, thank you so much, your information is fabulous! I'm looking at those two psychs right now.
I'm looking for all different kinds of experiences on MAOIs so yours is perfectly valid for this feature.
Do you mind telling me how long you were on both Parnate and Nardil? Would you say you share more symptoms with melancholic or atypical depression-as far as they're currently classifying them? Have you found a successful treatment regimen now? (I hope!)
How old were you when your first episode of depression hit?
Did your psydoc give you anything for your insomnia?
How high were your doses? Oh and do you identify as male or female? Sorry, I keep forgetting how important sex is. It seems higher levels of estrogen improve Nardil (I'll find the study) performance. Yet orthostatic hypotension for both drugs (and in general) affects women more than men. Double edged sword.
I've seen so many psychs unwilling to prescribe MAOIs but reach for ECT or combinations with TCAs that make hypotension tachycardia look like bradycardia. The fear of lack of research and unwillingness to trust patients (yet give them easy to overdose TCAs) is pretty astounding.
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