Posted by chicagokat on August 5, 2012, at 11:57:08
In reply to Re: Nardil and falls » chicagokat, posted by viper1431 on August 4, 2012, at 19:32:40
> Yeah 3 weeks sounds about the same for me.
> It's always gone away. I actually use the drunk stumbling as a sign that it's starting to work properly and that's when i lower the dose for a few days (or even stop for a few days) otherwise i do get to the point where if i don't sit down right away i know i will just collapse. When it has stopped i then up the dose again and it usually doesn't happen anymore.
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> I just have to watch out for the ortho hypotension after that.
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> > > How long had you been on the Nardil? After i've been on it for a short while i go through a period where i'll be walking around (always seems to happen when i'm at the shopping centre just to make it more intresting) where i'll be walking like i'm a little drunk, so far it hasn't gone beyond stumbling though thankfully.
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> > > > Hello,
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> > > > Has anyone else ever been on Nardil and experienced the side effect of ataxia (incoordination) that led to falls? I had 4 falls while on Nardil-it was like one minute i was up and the next, boom, I was down.
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> > > > If you have ever experienced this, what did you and your doc do about it? In my case my doc took me off the Nardil, which was a crying shame b/c it was working so well
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> > I had been on Nardil about 3 weeks when the symptoms started...and it was just like you: walking like I was drunk at first, then I guess it started getting more severe cos I'd be walking (stumbling) along and one second I'd be up and the next I was flat on my face. You're lucky you never got to the point where you had falls....tell me, did the stumbling eventually go away? If it did, maybe I could tell my pdoc and tell him I'll use a walker and wear a helmet (ha ha) until the ataxia wore off. That would be better than feeling as awful as I do now b/c the Nardil REALLY made me feel better.
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> > Kat
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Thanks for the info Viper. I will talk to my doc about it, b/c when the weird gait starts, I have tried backing off on my dosage, and the gait has improved, but I still feel good. I'll see if I can try your method and make the Nardil work for me without having any falls.
Thanks again,
Kat
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