I was told by my psychiatrist that some standard antidepressants/psych drugs cause tyramine intolerance similar to an MAOI - ones that just increase levels of monoamine neurotransmitters, not that directly inhibit MAO-A or MAO-B. I think it's really dangerous that this is acknowledged by providers but not on fact sheets. I wonder how many drugs change what you can eat without providers acknowledging that. I post about tyramine intolerance to raise awareness, but I can't help as much as actual professionals could.
Yeah man. I was on antidepressants (Zoloft) from age 13 to about 15, I'm 20 now and I still feel like I have some "leftover" side effects, but maybe I'm just thinking too much into it. Either way, I'd never give it to a child below 18. I remember being numb to bad & good, literally being a walking zombie. But on the flip side, I was a dumb suicidal teen with parents that had zero clue about how to raise a kid, so who knows what would've happened otherwise.
Fortunately my therapist was good enough to tell me to only take it until the problem is fixed, not keep on taking it for years on end and think of it as a tool only.
Wonderful, but this will never happen unfortunately.
Fantastic and should be obligatory!
And needless to say similar should exist for all pharmaceuticals and interventions.
I was told by my psychiatrist that some standard antidepressants/psych drugs cause tyramine intolerance similar to an MAOI - ones that just increase levels of monoamine neurotransmitters, not that directly inhibit MAO-A or MAO-B. I think it's really dangerous that this is acknowledged by providers but not on fact sheets. I wonder how many drugs change what you can eat without providers acknowledging that. I post about tyramine intolerance to raise awareness, but I can't help as much as actual professionals could.
Yeah man. I was on antidepressants (Zoloft) from age 13 to about 15, I'm 20 now and I still feel like I have some "leftover" side effects, but maybe I'm just thinking too much into it. Either way, I'd never give it to a child below 18. I remember being numb to bad & good, literally being a walking zombie. But on the flip side, I was a dumb suicidal teen with parents that had zero clue about how to raise a kid, so who knows what would've happened otherwise.
Fortunately my therapist was good enough to tell me to only take it until the problem is fixed, not keep on taking it for years on end and think of it as a tool only.