Posted by Michael Bell on February 16, 2005, at 21:10:34
In reply to 'different' Nardils - q. for Michael/Ace.., posted by temoigneur on February 15, 2005, at 19:39:06
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Hey Ben,
I may be one of the few people who prefers the new Nardil over the old Nardil. The old Nardil was like a sledgehammer that crushed social anxiety, but the side effects were also more brutal and kicked in around 30 mg/day for me. The new Nardil is like a lighter hammer, it is very effective but requires a higher dosage. Also, the side effects are definitely not as apparent, though they do exist. For me the new Nardil allows the ability to play with the dosage as far as finding a happy medium between efficacy and side effects. Course, I haven't quite pinpointed that happy medium yet, but I know it's somewhere between 60 - 75 mg/day.Regarding Amisulpride, it's available online and that's all I can say about it for fear of being banned. It can be very helpful for SA though, but may cause excessive daytime sleepiness.
I have no experience with Parnate, but some people have found tremendous relief from it. And as for selegiline - my best advice is run, run far away and don't look back. Horrible med.
Hi Michael, that was a sound list you wrote out re: social anxiety. My problem is GAD, SP, PD, and OCD, But Klonopin really helps, for a while, I feel euphoric, then it wears off.
> I've given nearly every pharmaceutical indicated for anxiety a therapeutic run. When i was on nardil, they were just changing from the 'Old' - - lustre sugar - coated tablets to the new lack-luster version with an alleged longer shelf life. I had two questions - Tricyclics turn me into a zombie, I'm on clomipramine right now, the OCD and anxiety is certainly gone, but I just want to sleep all day, I have little/no drive of any sort - until i take Klonopin, at when it kicks in about 2 hrs later or so, I feel good, but it doesn't last long, maybe 1-2 hours, and it's not entirely consistant. Meaning a pill in the evening might not work like one in the morning. I just wish there was a slow release version . ALL stimulants I'm aware of exacerbate my OCD horribly; ritalin, dex. provigil.
> Do you think the 'old' Nardil is different enough from the New version, that it could react drastically different with a person's system. When I started on the old nardil I was on a very low dose, and didn't raise it until the new nardil came out.
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> I've never tried selegiline or Parnate, but I'm afraid they'll exacerbate my anxiety. is Amisulpride avail. in Canada, I don't think so, I've heard it can be good for OCD when other antipsychotics are overwhelming, anyways I've meandered, thanks for any imput
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> Ben
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