Posted by gardenergirl on October 13, 2005, at 7:50:04
In reply to Gardenergirl, posted by Maxime on October 12, 2005, at 8:52:27
Hi Maxime,
Thanks for asking. I'm feeling a ton better. I upped Nardil on my own to 52.5 mg before I got in to see my pdoc. She asked me to go back to 75 mg Lamictal, since she felt I was doing better at that dose. I agreed, with the caveat that if Lactaid didn't help with the diarrhea, I wasn't going to stat at that dose. She doesn't believe that the itching and diarrhea are related, but funny, now that I am back at 75 mg, I'm itching again. (It's not THE rash, but it's annoying).I didn't ask her about Parnate. I tend to be fairly passive with her, for some reason. Which is odd. I'm usually pretty assertive when it comes to my health. She also said some things (scolded me actually), which made me really mad. Why do I pay out pocket to see her???? Grrrr.
But, bottom line is I do feel better. Probably because PMS has passed, I upped dose, and I'm adjusting to the situational thing.
About the only useful thing she suggested, which I asked about at Racer's suggestion (thanks!) was to go ahead and go up a half tab of Nardil during PMS, and then go back down after. That's essentially what I did this time on my own, but I wasn't planning to go back down. So I'll try to go back to 45 mg and see what happens. It sounds like a good plan.
I know you are really struggling. It's very kind of you to ask about me. Take care of yourself, too. 'K?
(((Maxime)))
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