No, its cool, you brought up a very good point.  The article I have DOES NOT talk about chronic use of MAOI's + DMT on a daily basis and how that affects the brain and the body.  Much heavier MAOIs ARE currently perscribed for depression and have been for a very long time.  They do carry the "cheese syndrome" from eating things high in tryamine...but RIMA's for the most part do not have this restriction.

Well the curranderos of the Amazon would say YES....they call it a plant dieta.  Every morning an apprentice will go to a secluded hut and partake of a plant so that he/she may learn of its spirit and become comfortable with it.  This is however different from the conversation we are having about low dose Caapi as an antidepressant.  I would say that SSRI's carry heaps of rather unsettling side effects and withdrawl symptoms that Caapi does not have.  Not being a medical professional nor having studied the long term effects of Caapi I cannot say more than I already have.  It appears to be safe for daily use.  I would love for the medical and scientific community to research these plants more, but there is no market for it and the US government has such rigid restrictions on any scheduled chemical (esp psycadelics) that reseachers just don't want to touch it.  Thank god for MAPS.

Both the experience as well as the pharmacological effect of Caapi help with depression.  The doses I am talking about are too low for MAO inhibtion to take place....physically it should be safe...to use your example of tobacco:  Would smoking 1 puff off of a ciggarrett ever morning be detrimental to your health?  Probably not....not great for you but not dangerous like a pack a day habit (thousands of puffs)...the same applies to Caapi.  It has been proven safe through thousands of years of use....would it be good to drink nothing but Caapi tea, probably not....but would it be safe to take a micro dose of it for a few weeks at a time (always take a week or two break after a few weeks of use!) probably.  Do the risks outweight the benefits....YES, IMHO.   Depression is horrible.  I went through years and years of serious acute depression.  Something WAS (and occasionally IS) going on with me.

But please, if anyone DOES have any info that daily micro dosing of Caapi is not safe, please let us know!