Posted by Questionmark on April 27, 2008, at 2:09:31
In reply to Re: 6 weeks on Nardil » 4WD, posted by Jedi on April 25, 2008, at 1:14:21
Jedi is right. You cannot lower Nardil to 1 pill a day after achieving remission (unless you never needed a normal Nardil dose in the first place) without suffering the consequences. That is pure bunk. It is a myth-- just like the idea that you can't eat raspberries or bananas or raisins or coffee or chocolate with Nardil. And yes, as Jedi very wisely points out, the PDR *IS* often wrong, as are MDs and psychiatrists (and boy do i mean often). I'm sorry, but if you are on the minimum effective Nardil dose to achieve remission, you cannot even lower the dose without eventually noticing it (might take a month, but not much longer). Just my opinion. But i strongly believe that.
Yeah, believe me, i used to be really excited by that idea/ those statements too. Then i realized how bs it was. (Can i say "bs"? If not i apologize).
Oh, and the whole mg per kg thing (i.e., mg Nardil per kg body weight)? Bunk. I used to think it was true too (they said it was!), but think about it! How freaking ridiculously over-simplistic and medically naive is that?! Sure, it doesn't matter who the person is or how severe their condition is, all that matters is that they 1 mg Nardil (or however many it was) per kg of body weight! Who are these morons who come up with this and how do they get MDs??!
Ok sorry i'll shut up now.
> 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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> > The older doctor who used to prescribe Nardil a lot told me something very interesting. In fact, he read it to me from the PDR. It said that once complete remission has been achieved on Nardil, the dosage should be lowered slowly by one pill a day over a period of time. It even said that you should go as low as one pill a day or even one every other day and the Nardil would still maintain it's efficacy. I don't think I'd go to one pill every other day but it's exciting to think that after I've achieved complete remission, I can go down to 30mg a day instead of 45. Maybe that will lessen the side effects. And then if I don't feel depression creeping back in, I'll try going to 15 mg a day.
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