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Re: Nardil Dose-Chairman Mao

Posted by Cecilia on September 10, 2005, at 3:27:31

In reply to Re: Nardil for avoidant personality? » jonh kimble, posted by Chairman_MAO on September 8, 2005, at 23:53:48

Chairman Mao, I`m curious about that 1mg/kg. rule. Is that based on actual or ideal body weight? Because if it`s the former a lot of overweight people would have to take enormous doses. When I tried Nardil many years ago I took 45/mg day for 4 weeks with no side effects or benefits, increased to 60 mg/day with no effects of any sort for 10 days, then I guess the MAO inhibition kicked in and I suddenly had terrifying side effects, the worst headache ever (not associated with BP elevation), eyes so dry I thought I was going blind, a horrible painful "metallic"" feeling in my muscles and joints. I never took another dose-too scared. Obviously 60 mg was too much for me, although I am quite overweight and 1mg/kg would be much more. In retrospect, I regret not going back to 45 mg/day and trying for a few more weeks just to see if it might have had some benefit. Ever so often I consider trying Marplan, but I`m just so scared of experiencing another reaction like with Nardil. It was the out of nowhere suddenness of the reaction that scared me so much-most meds you don`t get sudden bad side effects after tolerating them for 38 days. I only lasted a week on Parnate-it was intolerable from the 1st-basically a week with no sleep. Have you tried Marplan-how does it compare to Nardil and Parnate. I`ve been holding out for the selegilene patch before trying another MAO, but I`ve ceased to believe it will ever be approved. Cecilia

 

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