Posted by mark57 on March 14, 2004, at 11:57:30
In reply to Re: Trying Nardil?, posted by action on March 14, 2004, at 11:38:07
> > Hi, I've been taking Wellbutrin SR now for about 3 weeks. There's been no improvement with my depression. The only things I've noticed is more memory loss and being a lot more irritable/short tempered. I don't know if these side effects would eventually go away but I don't really want to wait and see. I'm thinking of trying Nardil now. I was on Parnate several months ago but didn't get much help, although my doc wouldn't let me increase the dosage over 60mg/day which I think might have helped. I've also been on a lot of the SSRIs without much help.
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> > Anyway now I'm wondering about trying Nardil. I have SAD as well as depression and have read that Nardil can be a great drug for this. My biggest concern is that Nardil will make me to drowsy. I understand that this can be one of its side effects. I already have a lot of trouble with that. I couldn't tolerate Xanax or Klonopin because I was falling asleep all the time. And I know you're not supposed to take stimulants with the MAOIs.
> > Has anyone had positive experience taking Nardil when they also had fatigue/sleeping to much problems to start with.
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> > Thanks very much.
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> > Mark
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> Hey Mark,
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> I am very sensitive to most any of these psychiatric drugs but...
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> Nardil worked very very well for my social anxiety disorder and slight depression. From what I read it is the MAO most often used to treat SA (not parnate). I never tried Parnate so I cannot draw any parrallels between the 2 drugs.
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> Nardil I found to be a very powerful effective drug! For the first few months I went manic (this pretty much balanced out later). It completely solved my SA and depression. And was an energy booster for me.
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> Nardil really changed my life I became very outgoing I started dating got a job etc....
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> Strange effects: It efffected my sex drive tremendously to the point of where it became obsessive my libido was 3 x what it was before. I wanted sexual gratification for hours a day -- and the weird thing was that I could perform sexually for hours a day.... Luckily later I found a nymphomaniac girfriend who loved it...
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> It increased my appettite - I gained 30lbs in the first 3 months of taking it. Which I turned into muscle by going to the gym.... Had alot of energy.... Was a good thing for me since I was thin.
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> I stopped taking Nardil after a couple of years because after about a year the SA effects of the drug pooped out... But the anti-depressant effect kept working..
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> Nardil also effected my concentration (flighty) harder to stay focused on one thing (short term memory lapses).
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> Quick Q for you - Mark I am thinking of taking Wellbutrin.
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> Were there alot of bad side effects initially and how long did they last? How long did it take for it to take full effect?
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> Nardil took me 6 weeks to start working.
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> Good Luck,
> Action
Action, your experience with Nardil sounds encouraging, but I know these drugs can effect people in different ways. You said the Nardil caused some memory/concentation problems? Did this go away or was it always a problem? Did the Social anxiety come back after about a year and not the depression? It's interesting that you found it too boost your energy since I read that it can cause drowsiness.I've only been on the Wellbutrin a few weeks so maybe I'm not waiting long enough. It's just that my short term memory is already so bad that I don't want it to get worse. The other day I made 2 wrong turns on the way to work, and then drove several miles before I realized I was headed the wrong way! I thought at first I was losing my mind until I realized my problems with memory/thinking coincided with taking the Wellbutrin. I don't really want to deter you from trying something that might be helpful for you. I'm just not feeling like this is going to work for me.
Mark
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