Posted by djmmm on October 15, 2002, at 12:20:17
In reply to Re: Nardil, posted by fuji on October 14, 2002, at 16:30:53
Interesting comment about the more (typically)stimulating meds making you sleepy...Pharmacology is very complex, My guess is that, even though you are taking something like wellbutrin, the serotonin system is still manipulated, albeit indirectly..probably similar to Ritalin's effects on the serotonin system. Some people seem to be more susceptible to the effects (genetics)
As far as *most* meds making you sleepy, thats not uncommon with the SSRIs, however most of the time this particular side effect diminishes with in the first 2 or 3 weeks.
FWIW, Prozac was really the only med that made me feel stimulated. Nardil, had interesting effects when I first began to take it, the stimulation Nardil gave me was (honestly) more of a comfortable relaxed high (for lack of a better term), as opposed to the anxious, stimulation from Prozac. The "high" from Nardil would come about 40 min after taking 60mg, and last (noticeably) for an hour of so...this wasnt a high followd by a crash, like an amphetamine high, it was more like a profound lift in mood, a profound lift in anxiety.
I have been taking Nardil for 2 years (I think) and am free of clinical depression, social anxiety...what I find so wonderful about this medication is that, it has allowed me (from day one) to hold on to a wide range of emotions..I get sad and angry and anxious, but when appropriate; I have no proplems with apathy, I have never changed my diet, I have never had a hypertensive reaction.
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