Posted by zonked on July 21, 2011, at 8:34:54
I started Nardil around June 1st. It has helped tremendously. My social anxiety is almost completely gone, generalized anxiety has been substantially reduced. Depression has reduced substantially. I didn't get the start up hypo this time, but in a way, I'm glad. My life isn't perfect. As the depression trickles away, I've begun to face some really awful things that depression allowed me to ignore. Since I am typing this on an old fashioned cell phone, I'll just use the familiar throw bills I can afford to pay in the drawer example we're all familiar with. I can feel depression trying to claw it's way back in when I face the mess my life's become, but the difference is that I am trying to stop it in its tracks each time and the medicine allows me to do this. Nardil alone isn't going to make the life I want, but it's allowing me to get there. Some days are better than others. The thought patterns that have become second nature are taking their time to unravel, and effort from me. But I am telling you, there is NO WAY I'd be where I am now had I not started it. I have the usual side effects, particularly insomnia which is not yet mitigated entirely. Doxylamine yields a poorer quality sleep than natural sleep, but it beats the hypersomnia I had before. I wake up at the crack of dawn whether or not I like it. This time so far I've actually lost weight, makes sense because being the atypical I am, I was literally stuffing myself before it started to work. I think as I stay on it longer and continue picking up the pieces, I'll feel even better. As an aside, for whatever reason I do think the Gavis generic works better. For those of you in the US, Rite-Aid was happy to order it for me. I also take 1mg Klonopin per day. I will post more observations when I get to a regular keyboard on this thread. Thanks to all here. Phenelzine Sulfate 75mg /day (Nardil) Klonopin 1mg/day Doxylamine 25mg prn hs
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