Posted by Honore on December 9, 2006, at 19:04:39
In reply to Re: URGENT: Re Nardil and Weight gain » Declan, posted by Maxime on December 9, 2006, at 18:44:15
Hi, Maxime.
I know it's not as much reassurance as you probably want (it didn't really get me to take Nardil, but I probably would give it a try now), but my pdoc said to me that only about 20% of his patients gain more than about 5-7 lbs on Nardil.
I'm not totally sure about the percentage-- but it was in that range. He thought 5-7 lbs was possible-- although not universal by any means. I don't have an eating disorder, but gaining weight would be something I couldn't handle. So I asked him quite a bit about it.
I could accept 5 lbs (not happily, but could put up with it), and maybe even 7 lbs. for a great AD, but not more.
I'm not sure if that would be acceptable for you.
If you gained a few pounds would that be okay? or would you be too hard? I mean, you could always put a limit, like 5 lbs. and then stop if you went up. Which you might not.
Has your pdoc considered Emsam? It's a more activating sort of Maoi, which I found much better for myself than Parnate, which also was sedating in my case.
Honore
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