Posted by Jedi on August 11, 2005, at 2:49:54
In reply to Re: When to give up and go back to Nardil?, posted by Declan on August 10, 2005, at 23:22:15
From my experiences and what I've studied, Nardil is the best medication for treatment resistant atypical depression and social anxiety. I've been on at least 25 other combinations of medications and I'm back on 75mg of Nardil and 1mg of clonazepam. This shows you how little we really know about the brain and depression, considering Nardil was FDA approved in 1959. If they ever come up with something that is proven better, I'll switch in a minute. I know the SSRIs and SNRIs work for some people, but they don't work for me. The side effects of Nardil are much better than the HELL of severe depression.
My last psychiatrist made me suffer through 9 months of different trials and would not prescribe Nardil; the only med that had ever worked for me. I think he would have let me die on an SSRI rather than risk Nardil. I'm from a small town, and every time I find a PDOC that knows what he's doing, he either retires or leaves town. So I struggled through putting the research together and found a MD who would at least listen and be reasonable. If it worked before, it will probably work again.
The psychiatrist that took me off Nardil was supposed to be one of the top treatment resistant docs in the country. At the time I was on Nardil augmented with Wellbutrin. Though contraindicated, I had no trouble with this combination. It helps control the weight side effect of Nardil. This Shrink told me the combination was going to kill me and wanted me off of the Nardil NOW! He wanted to try Prozac (Whoopee), one of the meds I had already tried that didn't work at all. At the time he said this probably would not work, and I should expect to start with repeated ECT (GREAT). Actually I'm saving that one for when the Nardil poops out. Have to have one ACE in the hole, as a last resort (Sorry Ace).
Jedi
poster:Jedi
thread:540135
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20050803/msgs/540203.html