Posted by SLS on August 28, 2000, at 13:49:08
In reply to Stopping and Restarting MAOI ----Sunnely, please, posted by shellie on August 28, 2000, at 7:51:24
Stopping and restarting Nardil has been used as a strategy to recapture an antidepressant response. My doctor said that simply lowering the dosage sometimes works. I don't know how long one is to remain off Nardil before restarting it. I would guess that at least a month would be necessary: two weeks to allow MAO activity to return to normal and an additional two weeks to allow the system to reset itself. Just a guess. A doctor at the NIH once described to me a patient for whom a three month period worked.
My doctor has also found it necessary to occasionally switch the same patient back and forth from Nardil to Parnate.
I think either strategy makes sense to try.
How much S-AMe did you take? How long did you take it for? Did it help at all?
- Scott
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