Posted by matt66 on August 21, 2003, at 9:18:56
During my first few months of tratment for a chronic depression I had endured for so long, without realizing how depresssed I really was. And then BOOM I try the Nardil and within 48 hours, it answered all my prayers and really showed me how easy life is for those not suffering from mental illnes. The nardil worked great for a month and then seemed to poop out. Subsequent nardil trials have given a brief sense of peace which didn't hold. That was four years ago. Now I've tried every mead out there (TCA, SSRI, MAOI, Lithium, ECT, all the alzhimers meds, and the anti-convulsants as well. I experience brief remission during some of these trials, but none lasting for over a few days, and none giving the underlying sense of peace the nardil gave me (I would classify some of the other meds trials as hypomanic). I recently read a post saying that a person on Manerix (MAOI) felt an initial high, and then had to wait a full 8 weeks for the medecine to start working again, slowly graduating until the full effect can be reached again. Is there any truth in this? So many times I've thought I was getting better, it always backfired. I would like to hear onther people's experience and advice. What I may have experienced on the Nardil was a brief remission period which may have developed into a full response had I stayed on it. My doses of NARDIL on subsequent trials were at 90mg for only a week which was above what the pdr recommends (you can't trust them anyways, they're constantly covering their asses should a person go too high on a med, with the slight possibility that an a potentially dangerous symptom to occur. I could give a shit about that right now. My first hope is that a med will work, and second that I die trying. Should I move on and forget about the nardil or try it one time at a gradully increaed dosage for a long period of time, or is it time to forget the past on Nardil, and just be more patient with other meds.
Much Love,
Matt
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