Anyone have any experiences or know anything about these? My psychologist says that these are an alternative to try if SSRI's/SNRI's make my anhedonia worse (numbness) so I will not bother trying another SSRI as two have failed.

One thing I would hate is the diet restrictions.. "If you eat this you die.. and this.. and this.. also, if you eat this you will die instantly and this.. and this.. if you look at a slice of cheese you will die... and this.. etc.."

Please share?

Yeah you have to be really really strict with what you eat! Even the ripeness of fruit can affect MAOI's. I only tried them for about 3/4 months, I started blacking out and gagging at night so my doctor took me off them. I didnt notice much of an improvement over any SNRI or SSRI that I had tried to that date, but SSRIs and SNRIs are a hell of a lot less hassle! And nicer to come off.

Heaps of SSRIs didnt work, or made me worse but a few did work. 2 is not that many to try out, there are a so many more available.

I havent personally met anyone who MAOI's have worked for over the newer meds, but surely they must work for some people to still be suggested.

My pdoc tried me on Emsam a few years back because finding an AD that didn't eventually stop working was becoming almost impossible. Emsam is a patch, and the good thing about it is that the dietary rules are not quite as restrictive as the other MAOI's. Still have restrictions, just not quite as long a list. I wasn't able to stay on it long enough to know if it was going to work though. It caused very sudden dips in my blood pressure and I kept passing out (not terribly convenient), so he had to pull be me off of it.

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Originally Posted by Alonewithmycat

Anyone have any experiences or know anything about these? My psychologist says that these are an alternative to try if SSRI's/SNRI's make my anhedonia worse (numbness) so I will not bother trying another SSRI as two have failed.

One thing I would hate is the diet restrictions.. "If you eat this you die.. and this.. and this.. also, if you eat this you will die instantly and this.. and this.. if you look at a slice of cheese you will die... and this.. etc.."

Please share?

I love your quote, it's so funny! I have been thinking about MAOIs after trying a laundry list of SSRIs and SNRIs without success. I hear that some people have found them helpful in treatment resistant depression. If you decide to go with one, please let me know how it works out for you! Good luck