Posted by blueberry1 on January 8, 2007, at 15:28:15
In reply to MAOIs vs SSRIs, posted by meAgain on January 8, 2007, at 13:52:29
Hard to say if a maoi would work or not. Maybe choose Parnate since it has stimulating characteristics? With maois, you gotta obey the list of things you cannot eat. Not sure how an eating disorder would play into that.
So up to this point you have done everything possible to increase serotonin and/or norepinephrine and it hasn't helped. Isn't that kind of clue that merely increasing the levels of those chemicals is not the way to go for you? What about dopamine? Other than antidepressants, how about Provigil? Adderall? Xanax? Tramadol? I mean, at this point I think it might make sense to start looking at totally different approaches and mechanisms. Up to this point you've taken everything that makes sense. So now pure logic says to try things that don't make sense. That's how I see it anyway. There are so many people at rememdyfind.com that tried every antidepressant in the book and didn't find significant relief from their longtime depression until they tried something unusual, like Provigil or Adderall or Tramadol or Xanax (just a few ideas off the top of the head) or whatever...things that were not antidepressants.
If you are fatigued a lot and need some stimulation, maybe Parnate would be worth a look. But for someone with an eating disorder, there are rules to follow.
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