Posted by Tomatheus on April 12, 2014, at 12:32:17
In reply to Re: Nardil Users, posted by kirkglen on April 11, 2014, at 19:24:53
Kirkglen,
It's really too bad that the improvements that you seemed to notice from polishing your phenelzine tablets with Carmex didn't last for longer than 2.5 weeks. I do wish you luck with your plans to continue to modify your phenelzine tablets.
For me, Nardil was the only psychiatric medication that seemed to reduce the severity of my fatigue, slowed thinking/brain fog, and excessive sleep (which was diagnosed as recurrent major depressive disorder) to any meaningful extent for more than a few days. I still experience the same symptoms that I just listed, although I've been experiencing them to a lesser degree than what I used to since the onset of my psychosis in February 2007. I never took the old Nardil, but I functioned better during the months that I spent responding to various preparations of Nardil in 2006 than I have at any time since the onset of my fatigue and related symptoms back in the year 2000. So, in a sense, taking Nardil seemed to bring me back to life -- at least for a few months -- when nothing else could.
Now, I'm taking vitamin D3 in hopes that it might help with my fatigue and related symptoms, following results of a blood test showing that I had an insufficient level of vitamin D. I would say that as of right now, I'm feeling better than how I felt before I started supplementing with vitamin D3, but only by a little. Perhaps I'll continue to improve with time.
From what you wrote in your first post, it sounds like Nardil was perhaps uniquely beneficial to you, as far as psychiatric medications go. And as far as the treatment of my fatigue, slowed thinking/brain fog, and excessive sleep are concerned, Nardil also seemed to be the only psychiatric medication to help me for longer than a few days at a time, even though its benefits didn't last indefinitely for me. It's really a shame that none of the makers of the phenelzine products that are currently available will make the medication using the old formula that at least some individuals found to be superior to the currently available products.
Well, again, I wish you luck in trying to find a way to get Nardil/phenelzine to work for you more like how it used to with the old formula. But before I finish, I will ask you if you've ever tried taking your Nardil tablets to a compounding pharmacy to see what they might be able to do (assuming that you could afford that route)? I think that some members of the Anxiety Community's Nardil forum (which as you mentioned is now gone) had some success with doing that.
Take care,
TomatheusHas schizophrenia with strong negative and cognitive symptoms
Taking Abilify & vitamins B3 & D3
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