Posted by baseball55 on January 13, 2013, at 18:28:40
In reply to Re: PARNATE questions PLEASE HELP!, posted by jono_in_adelaide on January 13, 2013, at 17:30:01
I take parnate but can't really answer your question, since I had severe atypical depression. It helped a lot at first, less over time. I don't know why it's seen as a last resort. MAOIs aren't nearly as dangerous as people make them out to be, while ECT really is dangerous and didn't do anything for me except kill my memory for a couple of months.
Parnate sure couldn't hurt. The worst that could happen is it doesn't work and you suffer some start-up side effects (like postural hypotension). I've been tapering off it recently and have no withdrawal effects. So it's certainly worth a try.
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