Posted by Jasmineneroli on September 21, 2004, at 20:03:43
In reply to Re: Moclobemide/Manerix vs. Nardil, posted by quarterwit on September 21, 2004, at 7:56:37
Hi Maddog:
I've had no experience with Nardil...you might want to look at past posts by ACE, for info on that (he's our resident "Nardil Champ"!).
However, I did try Moclobemide for about 6 weeks in Spring 2004. In a word *horrible*. I titrated up really slowly from 150mg to 300mg to 600mg. At 300mg I got a headache and body flu-like pains,& no energy at all. At 600mg I got absolutely killer pounding headaches, so bad I couldn't tolerate light. I immediately stopped taking it....and got relief the next day. I actually thought I had a bad flu or something, at first! Realizing I shouldn't just *stop* it, I took 300mg for a further week (headache returned, neck stiffness etc.) then on to 150mg for several weeks. At 150mg I still sometimes had headaches, but my energy returned. My Pdoc said 150mg was too low to be therapeutic, so we stopped it altogether. I had no withdrawal. I think that by week 6 ( the last 2 weeks on 150mg), that it did have a mild lightning effect on my mood and anxiety.
So I do think it can be worth trying. Headaches are amongst the most common of it's side effects - so if you are at all prone to them from meds (as I am), it might be one to stay away from. Otherwise, I believe it to be fairly benign, and is "easy" to discontinue.
Good luck!
Jas
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