Posted by emmanuel98 on June 23, 2011, at 19:37:04
In reply to Re: Are MAOI's used when SSRI'S dont work? » emmanuel98, posted by floatingbridge on June 23, 2011, at 0:50:05
Ensam didn't help me at all. My p-doc sent me to McLean and they wanted to start me on parnate. I've been on parnate for two years. It hasn't stabilized me completely. I've still had a couple of very bad bouts of depression and suicidality and been hospitalized twice. But when I went to McLean, I hadn't gotten out of bed for five weeks, hadn't showered, washed my hair, eaten. I was virtually catatonic. The parnate seems to keep me from getting back into that vegetative state.
Side effects: bad orthostatic hypotension which went away after a few months. Insomnia, for which I take ativan and trazadone. They work fine.
I don't understand why p-docs are so shy of MAOIs. They are not that dangerous. I eat small amounts of forbidden foods all the time with no problem. I wear a medical alert bracelet in case I have a car accident, so the anethesiologist doesn't give me demerol.
McLean was totally cool with MAOIs. I'm surprised Stanford was not.
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