Posted by europerep on September 25, 2011, at 6:27:14
In reply to Re: Nardil and Parnate at same time, posted by DavidLA on September 24, 2011, at 18:28:41
> Discontinuing Nardil is a terrible experience for me and those around me. As soon as I drop my dose even a little I go into a deep depression and my anxiety sykrockets. As a result I can't even talk to people or perform my job. I just want to crawl into a hole by myself. And this goes on for weeks during the tapering. And then I have to wait for 14 days before even starting something else.
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> Trapped.I'd say there is a middle ground between a slow taper and then 14 days wash-out on the one hand, and an immediate one-day-to-the-next switch. You could cut your dose in half, then do a week wash-out, and then start tranylcypromine (Parnate). That sounds a lot safer than no taper or wash-out at all.
However, if phenelzine (Nardil) is an effective treatment for you, it may be better to find a strategy to deal with side effects such as weight gain. Maybe jedi (another board member) is going to jump in here, he has quite some experience with dealing with those types of side effects I think.
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