Posted by Questionmark on September 7, 2003, at 23:07:33
In reply to NARDIL DOSAGE QUESTIONS , posted by craig allen on September 6, 2003, at 22:58:53
> i started nardil 3 1/2 weeks ago. one week at 30mg. two weeks at
> 45mg. this is my third day at 60mg and my doc told me to push it up
> to 75 asap. results to this point have been marginal. maybe some
> improvement but nothing dramatic. my questions: 1) what dose are
> people having good results with? 2) how long did it take to work?
> 3) is it best to split the dose throughout the day and if so, how
> many times - i've read a few different opinions.
> thanks for your feedback in advance.1) So far i'm having good results with 45mg/day-- it's been about 3 weeks. My anxiety is sigNIFicantly decreased, and the severity of depression is cut out, but the depression is still very much alive. i didn't want to but i'm gonna try 60mg for awhile.
2) Like 3 days-- BUT, i was doing weird things med-wise before this... like taking very low dose Paxil every 3 days (which i quit doing about a week before starting the Nardil) and taking 10 or 20mg Parnate several days before starting the Nardil... for a # of diff reasons i won't get into but NOT things i would necessarily suggest doing of course. i was just mentioning because this may be why the Nardil started working so quickly for me. Generally i think it takes about 4 to 6 weeks to start being effective. Don't quit before then.
3) This was a good question & something i've really been wondering about myself for awhile. i've noticed that the more Nardil i take at once the worse the anticholinergic side effects often are for awhile (like dry eyes and nose & what not). i'd like to hear more on this too. (right now been doing 3x/day but would like to just do morning and night or even one or the other if possible).
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