Posted by europerep on October 5, 2011, at 8:31:42
In reply to Re: nardil questions @ europerep, posted by ger man on October 5, 2011, at 3:03:42
> You get your Nardil from Belgium?? Where are you from?? Im interested in contacting other european nardil users as it is not a very popular medicine here. How does Nardil work for you an how high is your dose??
Hi GM...
I am from Germany (Frankfurt/Main to be precise) but I have been living in Belgium for a couple of years now.I have been through a wide range of antidepressants for TRD (treatment-resistant depression), but with no success. I tried out both tranylcypromine and phenelzine. It was basically a lucky coincidence that tranylcypromine was available in germany and phenelzine in Belgium. There are other European countries who have no irreversible MAOIs at all.
Due to my circumstances, I have extensive experience with both Belgian and German pharmacies/pharmacists. As I said in the post above, I have never had trouble getting reimbursements for drugs bought in Belgium. That may be due to the fact that they were usually precribed by psychiatrists here in Belgium, but I have also used German prescriptions, in particular for phenelzine, because the psychiatrists here in Belgium refused to prescribe it ("we haven't been using MAOIs since 20 years ago").
So, I have taken phenelzine, but I eventually stopped taking it because, much like tranylcypromine, it actually made my depression worse, which was not really that helpful.
It's good to hear it seems to work better for you. But you haven't been on it for that long, right? What are you taking it for: depression, anxiety,...?
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