Posted by Mickapoo on January 4, 2009, at 14:01:29
In reply to Re: MAOIs - do they affect your iron level?, posted by Vincent_QC on January 3, 2009, at 8:36:42
> Hi mister!
> In theory, I think you are suppose to do a washout period even if you switch from a MAOI to another one. Since the Parnate seem to be more strong, I think switching from the Nardil to the Parnate after one day is not a problem, but only if you begin the Parnate at a low dose for a couple of days, something like a 10mg maximum.
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> Well, improve is a big word...I'm at 40mg/day, I see some improve on my social phobia, and I sleep more well at night and I also decrease my intake of Valium pills each day, but that's it...For the depression side, the general anxiety or panic disorder, that's the same. In general, I feel bad side-effects for a couple of days each time I increase my dose (6-7 days), after, the side-effects tend to fade away, especially the orthostatic hypotension.
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> For the libido, I know some people tend to be "Pro-libido" on the Parnate, other seem to feel no effect at all on the libido and orgasmia..., others can also find it more hard for sex...For me, I can reach an orgasmia but I never think about sex now. For what I experience, Nardil was the worst for sex problems. I had no libido on it, anogasmia, not able at all to have sex...alone or not...(Sorry, i'm crude here...lol). I'm not a lot into sex normally, and I never had really great sexual life...(social phobia don't help for this), but if you are normally a sexual person, maybe you will be lucky enought to feel no bad effect on you're sexuallity...That's what I wish to you ;-)
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> Well, I hope everything will be fine with you ;-) Keep posting about your switch from Nardil to Parnate... I'm sure everything will be ok ;-) If I was able to do it, you will be able also, trust me on that!!! ;-)
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> Bye!!!....................................................................................................................................
Thanks Vincent, very helpful! I'll be changing to Parnate this coming week.
How long have you been on Parnate now? Just wondering how long it will be before you (hopefully) see a really great response to your social phobia.
I don't know about you, but in the beginning on Nardil, I had that wonderful period of time that a lot of people talk about where you have all this energy, are in a better mood, etc.. I was so happy when that happened. I thought that's the way it would stay. And then as quickly as it came, it went away, and I was back to being depressed or indifferent at times.
Did you experience that effect with Parnate in the beginning? Where you had a lot of energy and were in a better mood overall? And then it just went away after you were on it a little while?
Thanks!
'Poo
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