Posted by tecknohed on August 18, 2005, at 2:05:28
In reply to Technohed-What happened to Marplan?, posted by Tom Twilight on August 15, 2005, at 14:21:51
> Technohed, you were taking Marplan for a while weren't you?
> May I ask why you stopped taking Marplan, was it because it wasn't effective for social anxiety?
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> I'm still struggeling with Marplan but its not really helping
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> As far as I know theres no reason why you can't combine Modafanil/Provigil and Nardil
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> If you can combine convetional stimulants like Dexedrine with Nardil (which can be done, as long as your careful!) then I should think Modafanil would be ok
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> I wouldn't try and get a UK doc to prescribe Provigil though, there very wary of stimulants, get it online
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> I got this quote from http://www.currentpsychiatry.com/article_pages.asp?AID=515&UID=10450
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> An altered diurnal sleep cycle is another MAOI-related side effect. Some patients get extremely drowsy in the late afternoon but then may have insomnia at night.26 Attempts to alter this odd cycle by changing the timing of administration have generally not helped. We add a stimulant—pemoline (18.75 to 35.5 mg), d-amphetamine (2.5 to 5 mg), methylphenidate (5 to 10 mg), or modafinil (50 to 100 mg)—either in the morning or during afternoon sleepiness, with good effect and no hypertensive crises. We supervise the effect on blood pressure of the first few doses.Hi Tom.
Thanks for the link. The more I have to show my doc, the better the chance of persuading him (as if! lol). Although Reboxetine is another thought I have for Nardil augmentation.
As for the Marplan, heres a link to an earlier post (yeah I'm a lazy git):
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20050803/msgs/537852.html (you may have to paste into address bar)
I dont know what else to say about it really. Just that now that I've had no Nardil for a month, I now realise just how much it was still helping my SP. I re-start Nardil today in fact. I'll let you know how I get on.
How long have you been taking Marplan now? If it dont work, when will you call it a day? Will you try Nardil next? (I highly recommend you do).
All the best. Kev.
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