Posted by LizDorothea on August 3, 2002, at 3:37:20
In reply to Re: Do Parnate/Nardil have anti-psychotic properties?, posted by turalizz on August 1, 2002, at 15:55:10
> > Hi,
> > Quick question, which was all ready stated in the subject:
> > Does Parnate (or Nardil) have any anti-psychotic properties? If they don't, are there are any anti-psychotics that you can take if you take MAOIs? In particular, what about Seroquel?
> > Thank you so much!
> > Liz
>
> No they don't.
> Why would you combine an antipsychotic that blocks dopamine and several other receptors together with a MAOI? Doesn't make any sense to me.
>
> If you are feeling psychotic on a particular MAOI, then something that antagonises 5-HT2 receptors would be a much better idea than an antipsychotic I think. Remeron is not a good idea to combine with a MAOI, but maybe trazodone or mianserin would be OK if you can tolerate the sadation.
> (Shawn could give you much information about it.)
>
> cem
>
>
My brother seems to be suffering from atypical depression and has not received much relief from SSRIs, tricyclics, or other ADs. I take Parnate and am doing well on it (after having tried lots of combinations of meds), so we thought maybe my brother should try it too. The thing is, he is hearing voices which I never did, so he might be needing something anti psychotic in addition to an anti depressant.
We don't know if we should even start him on an MAOI since it would take about 2 weeks before he could try something else if it doens't work for him. However, if it has anti-psychotic properties and/or can be combined with and anti-psychotic then that's another story. Sorry I am rambling, I am really sleepy.
Thanks again,
Liz
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