I was up to the max dose of 12mg of the patches and it absolutely drove me crazy. I am bipolar, so it made me manic and I was staying up for weeks at a time and doing crazy things. So he had to take me off it. I was on it for about 3 months.

You're right, lower doses dont require dietary monitoring (the 6 and 9mg) but the high one does. You cant eat aged cheese, fava beans, soy, draft beer and quite a few other things because there is a risk of heart problems. The drug definitely raises your BP. The lowest dose helped me a little, but it all depends on your body chemistry and how sensitive you are to MAOIs, because it is a potent drug from what I understand. After taking this though, my doc wont even put me on an AD for a while even though I get SEVERELY, suicidally depressed still.

But, my advice to you would be, try it. If you're taking it for major depression and not bipolar like I was (though I was taking lamictal and abilify, mood stabalizers with it). It didnt work for me, well, I felt actually GREAT, but not in a good way. Give it a try, I've heard great things about it for unipolar depression.

If you have any other questions PLEASE feel free to PM me about it. I have plenty else to say about it and can offer you advice about dealing with the sideeffects.

Good luck darling!

<3 Kelly <3