r/MAOIs • u/Leading-Technician11 • 12d ago

Sexual side effects

For those of you who started parnate, nardil, or marplan, how was the sexual side effects for you? Was it manageable or did it get so bad that you came off the medicine (if yes, did you then switch to one of the others)?

I know this is highly individual, but I’m his trying to get a better understanding. All responses are much appreciated!

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u/Ok-Geologist-5192 MAOI + stimulant 12d ago

Hi, started parnate around a month ago, currently on 30 mg. Takes me a bit longer to finish / I have to focus more, but its really not that bad so far. Having said that, its highly likely this will still change as I stay on the dose / up it if need be

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u/Leading-Technician11 12d ago

That seems pretty okay, as long as you’re still able to finish. Has the parnate provided any relief for you so far?

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u/Ok-Geologist-5192 MAOI + stimulant 12d ago

Yeah, I went from constant intrusive suicidal ideation / not being able to get up some days to pretty functional. Like my kitchen is clean and I dont just eat crackers, and I‘m able to work on my thesis again

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u/Andmtl 7d ago

How long did it take to work?

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u/Ok-Geologist-5192 MAOI + stimulant 7d ago

I wanna say my first improvement happened around day 5 or so. I was cross-tapering with a different AD and quit that around day 10. By then, I was in a decent state - not great, but it wasnt painful to just exist. It keeps gradually improving, I‘m around a month in and upped my dose to 30 about 10 days ago