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Posted by rculater on August 16, 2010, at 16:57:15
Anyone taking this ? How is it ? Any weight gain, Insomnia ?
Thanks
Posted by shasling on August 16, 2010, at 22:51:32
In reply to Marplan anyone ?, posted by rculater on August 16, 2010, at 16:57:15
bASIC MAOI WITH ALL THE SIDE EFFECTS,BUT AS MAOIS CAN BE EFFECTIVE.pROBLEM IS ITS VERY VERY HARD TO OBTAIN.
Posted by JayBTV2 on August 19, 2010, at 14:51:28
In reply to Marplan anyone ?, posted by rculater on August 16, 2010, at 16:57:15
I'm still taking it. Have been since Feb. It's worked well for me although there were a couple guys here w/ Treatment Resistant Depression who didn't have good responses.
I was on Parnate for a few months prior but that didn't work very well and I developed BP spikes after each dose (not diet related). I've been on most everything for depression the last five years and Marplan has really been good for me.
As for side effects I don't have any sexual side effects nor weight gain (actually loss if anything due to a decreased appetite). Sometimes the appetite thing is annoying because I have a hard time coming up with something I'd like to eat....
I don't think it's as strong as Nardil (which I was on once a long time ago but ended up gaining a lot of weight and going manic). That being said I'd recommend trying it. It doesn't make me "feel" good per say but I'm more on point as a person....more myself...focused....so overall I feel better and things have been going pretty well.
As for availability it's back on the market so any normal pharmacy can order it in for you.
Good luck if you give it a go,
-Jay
Posted by tom2228 on August 20, 2010, at 18:57:41
In reply to Re: Marplan anyone ?, posted by JayBTV2 on August 19, 2010, at 14:51:28
Jay saw you posts in the archives when I was looking for Marplan stories, good to hear you're still doing well congrats!!
I just started Marplan on Weds actually. Was previously on Parnate 25mg and it helped a lot with social anxiety and depressed, but my problem was that tranylcypromine has too much of a stimulant action for me. Notice I didn't say "too stimulating" because for me, paradoxically (well not really if you understand ADHD), excessive stimulation = sedation. So I'd actually feel more truly stimulated the farther AWAY my last dose was, and then on afternoon redose I'd become extremely somnolent.
I'm starting as a freshman in college next Friday and I really cannot afford to be fighting the urge to sleep during class!
Tried to experiment with dosing less in afternoon. But the extra in the morning was too tiring. And dosing at night put me out but my sleep was very light and uneven (kept waking up).
Marplan is a "cleaner" MAOI -- I believe it's purely an MAOI and no other actions like Nardil (GABA and phenethylamine effects) and Parnate (amphetamine effects). So it was my idea, and the doc agreed, that Marplan might be better for me.
On 20mg Marplan and I don't feel it helping as much with depression and social anxiety. Also the anergia and psychomotor retardation have made a come back. I took 5mg Parnate a short while ago and it seems to be helping with these problems.. maybe it's the Parnate withdrawal and I need to adjust (also got off Depakote earlier this week). Could be that i've been partying a lot lately..
I don't know if Marplan will be enough for my issues but Im gonna give it some time to readjust and find my optimal dose. I was thinking perhaps a low dose of Parnate (10mg?) with Marplan would be optimal? Gonna start another thread about that though.
I'll update.
Posted by tom2228 on August 21, 2010, at 16:33:11
In reply to Re: Marplan anyone ?, posted by tom2228 on August 20, 2010, at 18:57:41
maybe wishful thinking as I've been partying a lot lately (420 and painkillers)... last week home with friends before college!
But i am starting to feel better on the marplan. Maybe my MAO levels just had to go back down since lowering the Parnate and starting lower w/ the marplan.
Also took a multivitamin last night and felt a lot better an hour later -- sometimes I lose out on vitamin c as I avoid it during the day (interferes with stims). B vitamins probably helped make more transmitters too.
Could also be that desoxyn is working better now that i'm getting used to it and since stopping depakote. depakote increases DAT expression and density (which lessens stims' DA effects).
But i do feel calmer. Happier. Enjoying things more. Less overstimulated, so also less sedation as a result.opiates and weed also do the same.. however I DO feel difference between parnate and marplan despite all of this! the BEST way I would explain this is that you're not sitting on a high perch moodwise, looking down on life (like the "stimulating" Parnate). It's more living IN the middle of it all; I feel a lot more instead of think.
Desoxyn as compared to Vyvanse (switched 1.5 weeks ago) is the same concept. much more alert IN the game and the action instead of the sort-of observation, taking-it-all-in focus of d-amp.
it's actually really nice to be living in life than thinking about it.
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