Posted by stargazer on April 26, 2007, at 18:51:09
In reply to giving up on nardil, posted by jenny80 on April 26, 2007, at 9:36:57
Increase it more slowly? Perhaps go back to 15 mg for a few days and see if you can reduce some of those nasty side effects and then try 30 mg for a few more days, etc. When it worked for me years ago, it was 15 mg 2X day.
You may be someone like me that has to start very low and gradually increase the dosage as the side effects subside, else you will never know that perhaps you get an response at a lower dose than many here. Some of us are low dose responders. It has been true of me with just about every drug I've tried and now I realize I may have missed chances to get better responses because my doctor pushed the dosage up too high, too quickly.
Atleast I would try this before quitting altogether.
Stargazer
P.S. Despite my pdoc trying to get me to increase the Abilify higher I responded best to only 5 mg rather than the 10 mg he pushed for. So docs are not always the best judge of dosages despite what we like to think. 20 years doing meds for depression has made me a better judge of doses than my pdoc and he will tell me this.
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