Comment by pogue
That's quite interesting. In my experience, I've suffered from severe anxiety and depression my entire adult life. I spent years working with a psychiatrist trying every SSRI on the market. None of them seemed to help in the slightest, until I asked to try Eldepryl (selegiline), an MAO-B. It helps greatly with depression, but hasn't helped with anxiety. An MAO-B has the advantage of not having any issue with tyramine (the cheese effect) that you're referring to.
I've never heard of Nardil, but I'll have to look into it.
I am always cautious about offering any kind of medical suggestions online. Please take this with a grain of salt:
I struggled with anxiety and depression, treated with anti-depressants and such
After years of that, a doctor suggested I test for ADHD and I got medicated for that after the test was positive
After being medicated for ADHD, I had much less anxiety and basically no depression. Turns out that both Anxiety and Depression are potentially comorbid with unmedicated ADHD
It might be worth asking about. It could be that you need stimulants, not antidepressants