Posted by Questionmark on October 1, 2011, at 13:01:53
In reply to Re: Nardil and Parnate at same time » DavidLA, posted by SLS on October 1, 2011, at 6:41:45
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I've tried tiny amounts of Parnate (like bits of pill - maybe as low as 0.5 or 1mg) while on Nardil just to see if I could possibly augment the Nardil with it, and even that small amount made me feel very physically uncomfortable and strange and dysphoric - a very nervous and restless feeling but also still very lethargic. Very similar to how I've felt when i tried a tiny pinch of Adderall on Nardil (though for some reason methylphenidate feels pretty normal). I feel that it's an excess of norepinephrine activity in some way, but either way I think it would be quite risky to take normal doses of Parnate while on Nardil. I'm sorry.
I know fully well how hard it is to get off Nardil. It's very discouraging.
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But if you ever did really want to wean off to try something else, the thing that helps me (but is also extremely risky and requires **extreme caution** and precision) is to take tiny, tiny amounts of some sort of SRI (whether a tiny, tiny pinch of an SSRI or a small sip of some DXM cough syrup) every morning or every other morning-- preferably after a couple days or so of being off completely.
This gradually reduces the level of MAO inhibition in your body while still preventing the unbelievable despair and fatigue from arising. And then after a couple weeks or so you can try cautiously introducing the different drug you want to try.
Tryptophan also helps too - though still requires some caution - but is not nearly as reliably helpful as an SRI.
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