Hi ppl, this forum is soooo cool. Laid back yet informative and witty.
To Steve and the ‘OG group’, I will commit your name to memory over the next few days however I offer my upfront apologies if I refer to you collectively or get your names wrong.
When I was a late teenager I was prescribed dextroamphetamine as a way of a)increasing concentration
b)battling off depression
My love for ‘uppers’ had begun, and it would be approximately 8 years of bumping whatever i could get hold of before I had to admit the damage I was doing, socially, mentally and physically. My career slid too, offering me less of a range of ‘uppers’ than i used to afford.
I began seeing a psychiatrist again and after relating my love hate relationship with stims and that I’d had tried been prescribed almost every combination of anti-depressant/novel/anti-psychotic in the book. He asked me if I’d like to take augment a gentler stim with an SSRI or SNRI and strangely, I turned it down ( it was a relative of methylphenidate ). My homework had shown that ex-upper people fared quite well on Two of the older MAOI’s namely Parnate and Phenelzine. He was hesitatnt but asked me which one i’d like and I started Parnate that day.
My apologies for such a long intro but i needed to air that, and to let others know that in the 6-7 years I’ve been taking it, I can conclude that most of the horror stories regarding MAOI’s, food interactions, SS, orthostatic Hypertension, are at best allergies in a small percent of the population, at worst death sentences for people who pushed it too far. That said I have suffered a case of seratonin Syndrome, ortho hypotension and food interactions. but these have been after pushing the limits, and I ALWAYS keep 3 benzo’s on hand to fight these symptoms.
Right, I’d like to know if anyone here has reported concomittant use of MAOI’s (remember, MAOI is endogenous and contained in many foods!) with 'nomes and if they have, did you expoerience anything unpleasant?
Oh, if anyone else is in my position, I’d be happy to help with any info regarding my past experiences.
Yikes, it’s almost time to get up, I sat down at 9pm with the intent of doing some work,it’s now 6.30 and I have spent a great deal of my time bouncing round here! That’s the advantage of being divorced, no guilt trips for night long internet futzing! No sex either, which is the same complaint my right hand is making after being abused on a netbooks keyboard 
good to be here and I look forward to talking to everyone on this journey.
cheers
mr_t42
. I’ve read your introduction a few times and was like wow, he really is an interesting guy. However I cannot say that any of that has ever happened to me, nor do I know of the outcome or effect of any of that stuff. I was lucky growing up that I had a naturalist as a mom who would never take us to the doctors and by that accord we also were always healthy. Most people now just go along with anything the doctor says and horrible dangerous drugs like what you wrote about are prescribed at the drop of a hat. It’s all you see on TV now a days a pill for everything. It really is dangerous and not the way to go. I do hope in your quest to discover what it does you can find an alternative way to go. Believe it or not I’ve always found water, or lack thereof is one of the main causes in any ailment.