Posted by Steven B on June 28, 2004, at 8:30:03
I have been on Nardil twice in the past 20 years for depression. I am 52 years old. The first experience the drug performed very well and the second time the results were ok. I mistakingly ate a piece of cheese which landed me in the hospital and that ended my MAOI experience about 2 1/2 years ago. I've been on almost every antidepressant and combo my pdoc has thought of but none with any great success. Finally we both decided it was time to go back to an MAOI since that was the only thing that really had worked in the past and he prescribed Parnate. After a couple of weeks I started noticing that I was getting very lightheaded after walking up a flight of steps, I almost fainted a couple of times and I did take a couple of falls. I noticed I had headaches a good deal of the time as well. My Dr. said lets go back to Nardil since it was the obvious winner in the past and after a 10 day miserable washout I am now back on Nardil. Its been a 10 days since I started and I am taking 45mg...2 pills in the AM and 1 in the afternoon. I have only started the third pill 4 days ago. What WORRIES THE HELL out of me after reading the other forums is all the people discussing how they changed the formula back in 2003, you need to take much more than in the past and it probably might not work. I think for me this is my last shot! My Doc says I can always go for ect but I don't feel like I'm really ready for that yet. It also scares the heck out of me. I function throughout the day... just feeling lousy most of the time and not much motivation for my job or much else. When I start feeling really lousy and get anxious about how bad I do feel, I take Klonopin...usually 1Mg. Sometimes it helps other times it doesn't. I'm trying to wean myself down to taking .05mg dosages a few times a day as I read Klonopin could cause depression too! During the washout period I was taking 1Mg of Klonopin 3 to 5 times a day.
Here's my question in a nutshell...Is anyone out there doing OK or well for depression on the new Nardil?? I still don't notice any remarkable differences in the way I feel other than I wake up half the night and have trouble going back to sleep. Lots of insomnia. Back to a Klonopin and hope to fall asleep! Should I continue to give it a shot for a couple of weeks? I have really not read too many positive things and maybe I'm psyching myself out for no reason. Maybe some others out there that are taking Nardil can tell me about their experiences for depression. I'm sure my Dr. has no clue they changed the formula and I'm not sure I want him to think that I'm telling him how to treat his patients. I also am sure he's out of other suggestions. I'm just really feeling doomed and am starting to feel there's no hope to feeling better. My wife is hassling me that she's tired of dealing with a depressed soul everyday which I can understand also. She can't understand why I take a med that I can't eat half the foods out there, can't sleep, and on top of everything else don't feel better!
Any experiences, suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated.
poster:Steven B
thread:361254
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