Posted by gardenergirl on August 10, 2004, at 20:45:39
Hi, I have been on 75 mg Nardil for one week now. At first, I took one pill four times per day, and two pills at my last dose before bed (yeah, I know now that was a bad arrangement... )
Saturday I moved the 2 pill dose to morning by taking only 60 mg that day, so I didn't get too much in one 24 hour period.By day three last week, I was feeling pretty good, actually, as good as when I first started Nardil last fall. But then the insomnia and activation started.
I've been having terrible early awakening. Every night I seem to wake up about 3:00 a.m. feeling hot (especially in my hands and feet), but not sweaty, terribly restless like I have to get out of bed right now!, and wide awake. I checked my BP, and it was fine. Pulse is fine. Blood sugar is still normal. Nothing I have tried so far has helped this...not benadryl, meditation, exercise, herbal tea, deep breathing, etc. I just have to get up and move or I feel like I'm going to go crazy. Now this effect is lasting all day, and I can't even nap or rest. I'm too old to be existing on an average of 3 hours sleep. Last night was only one hour. I feel so sleepy and exhausted and yet surging with internal energy at the same time. I can't concentrate well, because I am so uncomfortable.
My question is this: I've had some early awakening before, although not this early and not with the accompanying restlessness. It eventually got better, and I was still getting at least six hours per night. What do you all think? Will this go away, and how soon can we guesstimate? I can try to stick it out if I feel confident it will get better soon, but I know I can't handle this much more than this week.
Pdoc called me back to day and recommended dropping to 67.5 mg to see if that helps. Otherwise, she thinks go back to 60 mg, although that seemed like it was not enough.
Also, I recently had started Cytomel, but my PCP started me way too high, and I went hyperthyroid. I stopped that last Thursday. That may be part of it, but I don't know how long to expect it to take to go back to a normal T3 and TSH count.
Sorry so long, but please please please, any and every advice you can think of from your knowledge and experience will be welcomed.
Thanks,
gg
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