Posted by Maxime on December 9, 2006, at 21:47:46
In reply to Re: URGENT: Re Nardil and Weight gain, posted by Honore on December 9, 2006, at 19:04:39
You are so sweet. :)
Weight gain is not acceptable. I eat about 500 calories a day. I try to eat less, but it's hard. Since my heart attack, I've been staying away from Ephedra and laxatives (not all the time).
Parnate made you tired? It made me wired, but I liked it. But then it pooped out on me. I tried it twice since then but had horrible headaches.
I had tried Nardil before, but couldn't tolerate it. Now I can tolerate it. I don't understand. But I NEED the Aderall XR to stay awake. :)
EMSAM isn't available in Canada. :(
Maxime
> Hi, Maxime.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> I'm not sure if that would be acceptable for you.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Honore
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