Posted by A0102 on March 6, 2002, at 1:29:36
In reply to Re: Effexor and Energy Levels » Joelw, posted by sid on March 4, 2002, at 22:53:35
Sid,
Scrolling back through the posts, I realized that my last attempt to post in the thread where we were discussing Effexor never went through. Anyway, the point of it was just to say "thanks" for the trying to help in the first place.
Luckily, I never did really run into any withdrawl symptoms other than an occasional disoriented sort of feeling when I turned my head too fast. I'm definitely glad that that was the extent of it.
I went ahead and started Nardil about a week ago and it's not bad at all. As a matter of fact, I think it's probably the most subtle and one of the most effective ADs I've tried so far. I'm taking 45mg/day right now and it seems to be just starting to make a difference. Usually I respond very well to SSRIs at first (to the extent of being hypomanic, even really close to manic -- all this in two days or so of treatment!) then they lose all effect after a couple of weeks. With Nardil, it's been more gradual and feels more natural for lack of a better word. Also, I can tell why this would be good for SP as it has made me much less introverted. This will be the first time that I've ever experienced that WHILE feeling like my self-control is at 100%. It looks like this could be the one for me (after about 10 others, I've got my fingers crossed). I've also continued taking Provigil, and this seems to be an effective combo. I have been watching for signs of high blood pressure and got a prescription for Procardia, just in case. So far though, I've had no problems.
The only problem I have now is finding a decent pdoc. I don't think I'll continue seeing the new one because he just doesn't seem to have any idea what he's doing (once again!). First, he put up a little opposition to me taking Nardil. When he agreed, he wrote the script for 15mg/day for the first 2 weeks, then increase to 30mg/day for the next 2 weeks. For a severly depressed patient (with no history or intention of abusing meds) that seems to be quite a minute dosage. Then when I asked for a medication to to lower my BP in the event of a hypertensive crisis, he dug through his pharmacopedia for at least 15 minutes and explained that he didn't know much about that because MAOIs aren't really used anymore. So the search will continue, but I think I'm just going to use my GP. At least he is knowledgable and seems to care, even if he isn't a specialist.
That's now where things stand, and thanks again for responding to my first post. Take care...
Adam
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