Posted by zonked on July 5, 2011, at 13:55:19
In reply to Questions on phenelzine/Nardil (@jedi and others), posted by europerep on July 3, 2011, at 11:43:52
e- I am not the biggest fan of how DSM-IV classifies depression. For example, technically speaking during my awful depression I could laugh or smile, but it was as if someone turned down the volume to 5% of normal. I have a lot of other atypical features, rejection sensitivity yep, hypersomnia, yep, overeating, yep. I've had hypomania, but only because of an antidepressant, never alone. Thus, I've been diagnosed as either treatment resistant major depressive or bipolar type II depending on the doc. I would say Nardil would be well worth a trial for you, given your med history. B6 is controversial, but I am taking a B and C complex before bed every other day and it has not negatively affected my response. If you do try Nardil and it works for you, I'd like to welcome you to the family--for so many of us, it is the only thing that's worked. I wish you the best and keep us posted! -z
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