Posted by flipsactown on May 27, 2004, at 22:56:15
In reply to Attn ACE: Nardil S/E, posted by amdew717 on May 27, 2004, at 11:17:47
Jim,
Although Nardil for the most part had been effective in lifting my unipolar depression, I
stopped taking it, yesterday, after 6 weeks because of severe insomnia. I was able to tolerate the insomnia the first 3 weeks and as a result of the insomnia, I had so much time on my hands, that I was able to do many of my home chores which was actually a pleasant surprise. However, doing this much extra work caused me to take more pain med and wreaked havoc with my ongoing home Oxy detox. Consequently, I decided to quit Nardil not just for this reason but for the continuous severe insomnia during the following next 3 weeks. The sleep deprivation took its toll on me after 6 weeks and could no longer continue taking Nardil, even when I took Ambien, Benadryl or Remeron. The most I slept, even after taking multiple sleeping meds, was about 3 to 4 interrupted hours which made me very irritable and actually even more depressed. Libido wise, I was fine which was one positive, along with the excellent AD effect. I hope you have better luck.FST
> Ace,
> I'm a 50 year old guy, and I have also been helped by Nardil more than any other AD I've taken...and I've taken quite a few, but I recently tried to go back on it and even after ONE day at 15 mg, I had the same side effects that caused me to go off of it 6 mos ago:
>
> 1) Waking up after 5 hours and not being able to return to sleep
> 2) Inability to have an orgasm.
>
> I've read some of your posts and don't recall if you mentioned having these problems. But if you have, how do you deal with them? I've been taking 1600 mg Neurontin for about 3 years and even that doesn't seem to allow me to sleep all the way through. I've asked him to put me on Klonopin (which I've taken in the past from another doc without any problem) but he refuses, claiming it's addictive. I never felt the need to increase my dosage of Klonopin the whole time I was on it, but I guess that doesn't mean anything to him. Also tried Trazadone but the priapism was too much for me. Regarding the sexual problems...I have no clue as to what to do other than give it up. It seems the older I get, the less patience I have with the side effects.
>
> It was not my intention to exclude other members here, and I welcome anyone else's input but I just wanted to make sure I also heard from Ace, since "you ARE the Champion of Nardil," and I'd like to be one too!
>
> Thanks, Jim
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