need guidance for parnate alternative
I need to get off parnate. I am fairly certain it has contributed to significant and worsening hair loss.
I can't switch to Nardil since it destroyed my liver.
Selgeline oral didn't work and patch is too expensive. We don't have Marplan in the US.
So I need MAOI alternatives. Granted I've tried 30 drugs over the years and none worked like an MAOI.
I meet with my doc tomorrow but he's not as knowledgable as I'd like.
Can anymore make some drug recommendations that I can bring up to him.
- Lexapro (was on for months. Didn’t notice improvement; 2004)
- Zoloft (was on for months. Didn’t notice improvement 2006)
- Prozac (was on for years. Didn’t notice major improvement; 2010-2020)
- Deplin (no improvement)
- Pristiq - (was on for a few days. Made me exhausted 2008)
- Remeron (was on for a few days. Made me exhausted)
- Trintellix gave me bruising (2008)
- Latuda - was on for a few months; made me feel strange and out of it (2017)
- Lyrica - can’t recall
- Lithium - was on few a few months; made me feel strange and out of it (2018)
- Zonegran - made my periods twice as long (2014)
- Wellbutrin - tried in the 2000s and again 2021-2023. Didn’t notice much of anything
- Viibryd - Rough side effects in the beginning. Was on from 2021-2023
- Auvility - Was on for 1 month; pure exhaustion (Oct 2022)
- Abilify - made me feel agitated and that inner restlessness; sometimes felt empty (June 2023)
- Luvox - was on for about 1 week. Made me feel very off and out of it (May 2023)
- Modafinil - was on for a few days. Made me feel very off and out of it (May 2023)
- Clomipramine - Summer 2023 was not on long. Felt waves of emptiness.
- Nortriptyline - went up to maximum dosage; was too tired and no depression improvement (2018)
- Trazadone - made me too tired (2021)
- Medical MJ - MJ does not work for me; heightened anxiety and paranoia
- Buspar - 2021 - can’t recall exact side effects but I was not on it for long.
- Lamictal (2025 didn't notice anything)
- Tiagabine (2026 didn't notice anything)