Posted by UgottaHaveHope on August 16, 2007, at 12:07:27
In reply to Re: NARDIL is a miracle drug and saved my life, posted by JohnSky on August 16, 2007, at 10:16:23
GI78: Yes my "treatment-resistent" specialist pdoc has probably prescribed MAOIs as much as any pdoc in the country, but I am sure he has made his share of mistakes, too. As far as your pdoc going from 45 to 90 mg overnight, I will plead the 5th. All I can say is that my pdoc was emphatic when I started Nardil that I go up slowly. Rather than taking 45 mg the first day, it was 15mg for two days, and 30mg for three days and then the 45. He said the body needed time to adjust. Sorry about those blackouts, but I am glad to see you giving your current med a full trial, no matter what. I'm pulling for you. Please keep posting updates.
JHJ: Only you can make the call on whether or not it is worth a try. I do hope, if you do decide to try any medicine, that you commit to giving it a full trial, even when things get challenging (unless it's life-threatening). I did confirm that Nardil had tough side effects, but that was only during the first 6 WEEKS. After that, they slowly went away and the only thing I feel now is some tiredness, but I felt that before I was on Nardil. And every med affects everyone differently, you may have no side effects. Unfortunately, you will never know until you try any med. But again, I hope once you make a decision about any med, you stick with it and give it a full trial, knowing there may be some bumps in the road on the way to an incredible road to recovery. By the way, to put things in context, I had FAR, FAR WORSE side effects on SSRIs, especially Prozac. The worst day on Nardil was far better than my best day on Prozac. It can't get much worse than Prozac for my body.
JohnSky: Did I have any startup anxiety with Nardil? No. I had ongoing and current anxiety when starting it, though, for 10 long years. I guess when taking any new med I have had some fear, but I try to equate with hope that this med "might be THE ONE." I understand where you are coming from on that one, but I pressed forward because I knew if I didn't try any new meds that my situation at the time would not change. OLD NARDIL vs. NEW NARDIL. I studied this issue forever, and finally realized it was a huge waste of time because the only medicinal option I had was the New Nardil in the U.S. And I haven't thought of it since. There are plenty of Nardil users that cruise through here and you may want to create a post for that exact subject if it is something you really want to investigate. I just never had the option of Old Nardil, therefore it was a waste of time thinking about it for me.
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