Posted by Judy on May 29, 1999, at 23:04:50
I have taken Nardil several times before over the past ten years (I quit it when I can't take the side effects any longer but always return to it when I become desperate). This time around, however, I'm suffering from a side effect that is not only bothersome - it's potentially dangerous. Every day, late in the afternoon, I become so exhausted that I literally cannot keep my eyes open. I'm not talking "Gee, I feel sleepy, I think I'll go to bed early tonight"...this is more like going under anesthesia, "Count backwards from 100 and you won't remember a thing!" It comes on quickly and I have no control over it. I have actually nodded off sitting up straight during a meeting at a conference table full of people, once at my desk, and once while driving! (Fortunately I caught myself as I started to swerve into another lane).
I'm taking 45 mg - three 15 mg tablets - morning, noon and bedtime. I also take .5 mg Xanax to get to sleep. No other meds.
Has anyone else experienced this rapid-onset exhaustion? Any suggestions as to how to counteract it? Coffee isn't the answer. Would switching the time I take my pills help? I can't lower my dosage - 45 mg works for my depression, lower dosages don't.
I'm watching with interest the posts on Marplan - maybe this is an alternative for me. Parnate made me a nervous wreck.
poster:Judy
thread:6810
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