Posted by Tomatheus on December 16, 2005, at 1:07:11
In reply to Nardil dosage, food and side effect questions, posted by strugglingsteve on December 14, 2005, at 0:40:42
Steve,
The two most noticeable side effects I've experienced so far have been sleep disturbance and hypotension. At the lower doses (15mg/day and 30mg/day), I usually slept a full eight hours with minimal interruption, and I did not experience any difficulty waking up, which I normally do. So, it was basically an improvement over how I normally sleep. At 45 mg/day, I found that I needed less sleep (usually 5-7 hours a night), and I noticed that my sleep was becoming more interrupted. And when I'd wake up in the middle of the night, I would sometimes have difficulty falling back asleep. Since I've increased the dose even higher (first to 60mg/day, and more recently to 75 mg/day), the sleep problems have become even worse.
As far as the hypotension is concerned, I noticed it a little from the very beginning (15mg/day), but it has become more bothersome in recent weeks (especially since going up to 75mg/day a little more than a week ago). Basically, I feel really lightheaded if I'm laying down (or sometimes sitting down) and then proceed to abruptly stand up. It's not really that bothersome (and neither are the even less noticeable side effects like slight constipation and slight urinary retention), but what's annoying is that Nardil has done next to nothing for my depression in more than 10 1/2 weeks of taking it, and all I have are the side effects.
What's even worse is that I have to wait several weeks to see how the Nardil is going to affect me at each dose. It's been so ineffective up until now that I'm skeptical that another three weeks at 75mg/day and another four weeks or so at 90mg/day will lead to an improvement for me, but I'm running low on options, so I'm giving it a chance -- for now. And of course, remember that just because Nardil isn't working very well for me doesn't mean that it won't work for you. Some of those who post here have found it to be amazingly effective, so hopefully your response will be more like theirs and less like mine.
Tomatheus
> I just started on nardil last week and am going slow per my doctor. I will be at 45 mg by this weekend and am wondering if that can be an effective dose for depression and anxiety. I have read where some posters were doing fine at 45 but most needed at least 60. As for side effects, not really getting any which is rare for me, so do they take time to show up or would they hit once you take them at a certain dosage? Last question, food topics, bacon, clam chowder and chicken soup at a restaurant. I have read some posters say regular bacon is ok, is it? What about chicken soup at a deli restaurant? Jessica Rosenberg wrote that she got sick on clam chowder that used smoked canned clams, is canned fish ok or not, I read on here that tuna is ok so why not canned clams???
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