Posted by anxious_in_fargo on September 12, 2009, at 7:45:56
I am starting Nardil for GAD and panic. For all of week 3 (2x15mg at 7am-ish, 1x15mg at noon-ish) I have had peaks of uncomfortable overstimulation in the first half of the day followed by a trough of complete exhaustion ("must...sleep...") starting in late afternoon.
Yesterday, on recommendation of the on-call doctor at my clinic, I switched the afternoon dose to later in the day (4 pm) and successfully avoided the exhaution; however, I felt overstimulated most of the day.
My questions: Can I expect the overstimulation to pass? Should I continue with my scheduled increase to 2x15mg twice per day even while I'm feeling this way?
The overstimulation feels very uncomfortable because of the similarities to panic in the early stages. Fortunately I have a Xanax prescription and taking half of a pill (0.25 mg) does help get me through it, but I don't want to continue that throughout my course of Nardil.
Thanks in advance for any knowledge you can share on this subject!
poster:anxious_in_fargo
thread:916628
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