Posted by Triss on January 24, 2002, at 22:08:45
In reply to Re: Query: Serotonin syndrome...SSRI+MAOI interaction, posted by Triss on January 7, 2002, at 0:57:52
Some of you may recall my recent post describing my independent decision to switch from Luvox to Nardil... Anyway, I've successfully made the switch... (although depression and anxiety did re-emerge afterall, having done so, and continuing to do so, with a vengence I might add -I had to admit myself to the hospital; at which time my pdoc got very angry with me...). My doc now has me taking lithium (750 mg/d) in addition to the Nardil (60 mg/d). I've now been on the combination for a little over a week and -although too soon for the lithium to kick in, I realize- I'm feeling rotten as ever. Clearly the Nardil has not kicked in at all. Anyhow... I'm rambling.
All I'm really posting for is to ask if there are any others out there who have experience with this combo. (Right now I'm feeling like 'how long do I have to 'muster all my willpower' like this, to hang-on, as it were, until I experience some relief. I feel so isolated, bleak, irritable, frazzled, and lonely-yet-unsociable... I'm sorry to ramble on here folks. I'm not holding it together very well right now.)Triss
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On Jan 7th, I wrote...
> Well as of today, I've upped the Nardil to a
> "full" 45 mg/d and I've taken my last fluvoxamine
> dose (my own arbirary decision, based on nothing
> more than a hunch). In the next 24
> hours I should know if I need to worry any longer
> about serotonin syndrome (if I'm not in a coma,
> that is < g >). But in the next few days, I expect
> to know (based on my past experience withdrawing
> from fluvoxamine) whether I still need to worry
> about another re-emergence of severe
> depression or not. Thanks for all the helpful
> responses. I'll try to keep you all posted on
> what happens. :)
>
> Triss
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