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Re: Help, Please :(

Posted by jedi on November 12, 2012, at 2:48:18

In reply to Help, Please :(, posted by ChicagoKat on November 11, 2012, at 20:29:31

So sorry you are going through this. In the past I've taken high dose(for me about 6mg) of clonazepam, short term, while waiting for Nardil to kick in. Felt really drugged and clumsy, but it got me there. Might be hard on a family trip, but so will debilitating anxiety. I've used Benadryl for years for sleep, with no tolerance. But I am really susceptible to the histamine meds. Not everyone is. I remember one time I almost had to get off a plane because of terrible anxiety. I'll never fly again without a few milligrams of a benzo on board. And I used to be a private pilot. Things change. 30mg of Nardil won't touch a major depression for me. That takes at least 60mg for me, but I am a large male. Ramping up on any medication can be just a bitch.

You may have to skip the family trip again. I would think that hospitalization would be almost a relief at this point. Sorry Kat, most of these comments are off the cuff. I don't know your background or history, so I'm just throwing out some ideas that have worked for me in the past.

I've never tried Nardil and Ritalin, but it is on my short list. The first time I used Nardil was in 1998 and I had some hypomania. I'm guessing methylphenidate might precipitate that condition again, for me.
Sincerely,
Jedi

> I really need help. Any advice would be so appreciated. I really feel like I should be in the hospital right now, but I just cannot be...I have to go to Arizona on Sat. for a week to see my family, and I really HAVE to go; my ticket cost 800 bucks, and what's more important, my family will disown me if I don't go. I've already cancelled two trips this past year b/c I was feeling so bad.
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> Until this past tuesday, I was on Nardil 60mg/day + Nortriptyline...I honestly forget the dose of that one...but I was experiencing bad anxiety (which is weird, I know), plus absolutely no relief from my dysphoria. So pdoc suggested we switch to Parnate and drop the Nortryp. since it didn't seem to be doing anything. So I stopped the Nardil and Nortryp, but the pharmacy had to order the Parnate, said next day, no prob. This was Tuesday. They finally get it in, I think it was Friday, but then it turns out my insurance won't cover it. By this time I was going through hell withdrawing from Nardil. So over the weekend I started it back up, but only at 30mg/day, a dose which does seem to help my anxiety. But obviously not my dysphoria, which has become extreme. On top of that, I'm just not sleeping, period. I have ambien which does jack for me, and I have gabapentin which also does nothing for me; I just build up tolerance to drugs so quickly. I have no benzos, but even if I did, same story, I'm tolerant. The *only* thing that helps me sleep is Elavil, at least 50mg hs...but if I go back on that, what do I do for my unrelenting dysphoria, which is quite frankly crippling atm? I obviously don't have time for a wash before Sat, and I wouldn't be able to handle a wash if I couldn't be in the hospital or at home. The ONLY thing that has helped my dysphoria at all this past year is Ritalin, but there's no way my pdoc is gonna go for Nardil plus Ritalin plus Elavil. Knowing him, he probably would not go for even Nardil plus just Ritalin.
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> So I'm desperate; I have no idea what to do. I cannot make this trip in the shape I'm in right now, but I've just got to find a way to manage it. Obviously, I'm gonna call my pdoc about this tomorrow, but if anyone has any ideas *please* share them...like I said, if it weren't for this dang trip I would go to the hospital, but I just can't, and my only hope is a one-shot call to my pdoc. It would really help if any of you have any ideas I might suggest to him. To sum it up, right now I'm on Nardil 15mg bid, and that's about it. Thanks in advance.
> Kat


Jedi
Treatment resistant, atypical, double depression with social anxiety.
Nardil + clonazepam


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