Posted by mantus on December 4, 2010, at 19:51:22
Over the past several years I have dealt with varying levels of depression and anxiety. At times, I'm able to function at moderate levels and hold a job, while maintaining a resembelance of what my called a social life. At other times, my anxiety seems to peak to levels that become quite debilitating, which leads to feelings of hopelessness, difficulties eating, sleeping, and isolation. During these particularly low times I usually have to leave my job/school. I have tried basically every ssri known to man, with little to no noticeable/long term improvement. Before these issues began, about my junior year in college, I led a very full and enriching life. This past year has been especially difficult and I'm trying my best to figure out what I can do to once again reach the levels of life I once enjoyed. I had been on celexa for several months (40mgs) and ativan at varying levels (1mg-2mg 3 times per day). Still not at all happy with the results I talked with my doctor about nardil. I decided to try nardil, so I went down to 20mg of celexa for 1 week, then off completely for two. During this time I have noticed an extreme increase in irritability and being overly emotional (crying frequently over things I never had in the past). Also, I have noticed an increase in my anxiety levels. I am currently taking ativan 1mg 3xday but I don't seem to be responding at all to it. I have been on 30mgs of nardil for 3 days and will increase to 45 mgs tomorrow. I know that this medicine much like many others, takes awhile to kick in. However, I am really struggling right now and having the fear that things will continue to get worse to the point that i have to leave my job again. I really do not want to increase my dose of ativan as it will make it that much harder to go off of it, which is my ultimate goal if nardil helps significantly. I'm really just looking for some support right now, and positive feedback from people who are taking nardil and how long it took to kick in (also what dosage). Also, any suggestions about the ativan dosage or maybe trying a different benzo like klonopin? Thank you in advance
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