Posted by jedi on February 17, 2006, at 2:36:06
In reply to Re: Nardil (staying up too late/circadian rhythm), posted by DavidLA on February 14, 2006, at 21:16:10
Hi,
I'm off Nardil now thanks to (I believe) high doses of Omega-3 fatty acids (2400mg EPA & 2000mg DHA daily) I seemed to always go to bed very late when taking 90+mg of Nardil daily. A lot of times I would get four or five hours sleep per night, then crash with a nap at five in the afternoon. If you are napping (pretty common on this med), it kind of becomes a viscious cycle of two sleep periods per day. Dosage timing made no difference for me. I always slept much less while on Nardil. Atypical depression, for which Nardil is the gold standard, would sometimes have me sleeping fourteen to sixteen hours per day. Nardil fixed that problem. If it wasn't for the common side effect of extreme weight gain, Nardil would be a perfect medication for my atypical depression and social phobia.
Jedi> My body is so used to taking my whole dose in morning, that when I tried to switch to later in the evening I quickly became depressed and my body clock got all out of wack. I know I can make the switch, but I was curious to see what other people's experiences were. The feedback I'm getting is that changing my dosing schedule probably won't minimize my insomnia.
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> On related topic, do any Nardil users not feel like going to sleep at a "normal" time at night? I take 75 mg Trazadone at bedtime to sleep, which works fairly well. However, Nardil makes me *not* want to even try to go to sleep until 2 AM on most nights. It really destroys my natural circadian rhythm. I often only get 5 hours sleep -- yet I can function the next day. I know I should get more sleep, but Nardil seems to make want *less* sleep. Anyone have this experience? Any ways to moderate this compulsion to stay up too late?
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> DLA
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> > Hi David
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> > >I've tried to switch to taking it in the evenings, but it was very difficult.....
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> > What happened?
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> > Ed
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