Posted by KellyM on July 27, 2002, at 21:08:23
In reply to How long medfree before starting nardil or parnat?, posted by hildi on July 27, 2002, at 15:53:48
In my case I was pretty lucky. I was just taking Wellbutrin, so I was able to switch almost immeditaley. If your on an SSRI, I don't think I have real good news for you. I seem to recall that the wash out time on most of them is about two weeks (even longer with Prozac because it has a very long half life).
Maybe I'm wrong, but I though I recalled reading in the Psychopharmacology Tips section, http://www.dr-bob.org/tips/ that some doctors fudged a little on this. Of course you have to have an interested doctor to begin with.
I realize the idea of not being on any medication sucks. Not trying to dissuade you, but are there any medications like Wellbutrin or Remeron that you haven't tried? Don't know about Remeron, but I was able to go right from an SSRI to Wellbutrin without any delay- in fact I took them together. I actually thought Wellbutrin was a pretty decent med. Again if you've never taken it, I'd talk to your doctor about it. If it's not to your liking, you could go from there to a MAOI without delay (don't let anyone try to tell you there's a two week wait-there is from a MAOI to Wellbutrin but not the reverse). If this is all academic, or you have your heart set on a MAOI to begin with you may just have to bite the bullet for a little while unless someone else has any ideas.
Hope that helps a little,
Kelly
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