Posted by 4WD on April 25, 2008, at 14:56:01
In reply to Re: 6 weeks on Nardil » 4WD, posted by Jedi on April 25, 2008, at 1:14:21
Hi Jedi,
Thanks for answering. I'm glad to know about your experience with lowering Nardil. I do know that most people on this board stay on their maintenance dose and don't try to lower it when they are better. It's really just a thought or a possibility. I will probably try going from 45 to 30 after I have been in full remission for several weeks. If the depression comes back, I won't wait a heartbeat before raising the dose again.
The side effects bother me too especially the hypotension. Well the constipation, lack of libido (which I've had for years anyway due to depression and meds), the anorgasmia, all these bother me. But as I told my pdoc when I asked to be put on Nardil: I'm willing to put up with any side effect if the Nardil gives me my life back. And it has and I am willing to put up with the side effects. In fact, I had some lab work done last week and two of my liver enzymes have become slightly elevated from the Nardil. You know what? I don't care. If my liver enzymes are a little too high, well, that's just too bad. Nothing is going to take my life back away from me now that I have experienced what life can be like on Nardil.
Not that I don't still get depressed. I have days or spells where I am still depressed. And it does't help my anxiety at all. But I am still so very much better.
Marsha
> Hi Marsha,
> I'm so glad that Nardil is helping you feel better. It is the only med that has ever worked for me. Everybody is different, but I've tried lowering my dosage of Nardil slowly several times. As soon as the MAO inhibition goes below a certain level for a period of time, my major depression returns. I keep trying because several of the side effects still bother me even after being on Nardil for most of eleven years. Luckily for me, when I raise my dosage back up to 75 or 90mg the depression remits faster than when I first started the medication. I believe this is because I still have some MAO inhibition built up in my system. The PDR is often wrong, same as PDOCs and MDs.
> Good luck and be well,
> Jedi
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