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Posted by UgottaHaveHope on February 4, 2007, at 1:10:33
Who has taken all three? How would you compare all three? What treats what the best? How long before you feel something on each? Thanks, Michael
Posted by alienatari on February 4, 2007, at 4:58:17
In reply to How would you compare Emsam, Parnate and Nardil?, posted by UgottaHaveHope on February 4, 2007, at 1:10:33
parnate rocks :)
ingesting tyramine isnt as fun though lol
never been on Emsam or Parnate. Wish Emsam was in Australia.
Take care
Chris :)
Posted by Phillipa on February 4, 2007, at 11:51:23
In reply to Re: How would you compare Emsam, Parnate and Nardil?, posted by alienatari on February 4, 2007, at 4:58:17
Michael are you thinking of switching? Love Phillipa
Posted by willyee on February 4, 2007, at 11:51:41
In reply to How would you compare Emsam, Parnate and Nardil?, posted by UgottaHaveHope on February 4, 2007, at 1:10:33
> Who has taken all three? How would you compare all three? What treats what the best? How long before you feel something on each? Thanks, Michael
They all have success rates,they all have the best type of depression they should be used for,they all have there side effects listed many times over,id get a pen make the columns of each and simply weigh them out.Using the archives here should be more than enough.
Posted by psychobot5000 on February 4, 2007, at 12:49:04
In reply to Re: How would you compare Emsam, Parnate and Nardil?, posted by willyee on February 4, 2007, at 11:51:41
There's at least one column giving separate, pretty thorough (and in my opinion well thought out) profiles of all the MAOis. Lots of information and comparisons in the archives!
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> They all have success rates,they all have the best type of depression they should be used for,they all have there side effects listed many times over,id get a pen make the columns of each and simply weigh them out.Using the archives here should be more than enough.
Posted by Huckleberry on February 4, 2007, at 19:13:50
In reply to Re: How would you compare Emsam, Parnate and Nardi, posted by psychobot5000 on February 4, 2007, at 12:49:04
They all work - gotta try them to find the right one - don't forget Marplan - you can go as high on 60mg on that one.
Posted by Crazy Horse on February 5, 2007, at 14:48:31
In reply to How would you compare Emsam, Parnate and Nardil?, posted by UgottaHaveHope on February 4, 2007, at 1:10:33
> Who has taken all three? How would you compare all three? What treats what the best? How long before you feel something on each? Thanks, Michael
I've been on all three. For me, EMSAM is by far the weakest. Nardil and Parnate are pretty equal, Parnate (for me) a little stronger AD effect and fewer side effects than Nardil. I notice something from each of these meds at about the 10th day of taking it.
-Monte
Posted by stargazer on February 6, 2007, at 22:16:24
In reply to Re: How would you compare Emsam, Parnate and Nardil? » UgottaHaveHope, posted by Crazy Horse on February 5, 2007, at 14:48:31
I have taken all three.
Nardil worked very well for about 2 years (late 80's), then pooped, haven't retried but want to try again. Was on 15 mg 2x/day.
Parnate didn't help me at all but at the time I was being given several other meds with it, including Lithium, Cytomel and Ritalin, so hard to say if it would have worked alone. Only got to 40 mg but had alot of headaches and suicidal thinking.
I'm on Emsam 9 mg now with some improvement in mood but not feeling like I did on Nardil ,which I remember as "normal".
Marplan also worked for me until Roche decided it wasn't making any money (1994), so that led to a bad relapse and just this past year I retried Marplan, as I heard it was available again. It did nothing but I was on Lamictal when I started it so it was not a clean trial.
I do feel MAO's have been the only AD's that do something "special" when they work. But my current response to Emsam is not the same as Nardil and Marplan. They made me forget I was even depressed because I actually lived a relatively normal life with little change in my meds and with infrequent pdoc visits. Quite a change from the way I have been the last few years.
I think I should try Nardil again to see if I can recapture some of that old feeling again. I would like a few years or more of normalcy, it's been a long time! SG
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