Posted by Sentience on July 28, 2007, at 6:54:19
In reply to Re: To Nardil or not to Nardil? » Sentience, posted by Jedi on July 28, 2007, at 2:21:29
Hi Jedi
Thanx for sharing that with me. I have a bunch of questions for you if you don't mind. What was your experience with the Parnate like? I guess it is inferior to Nardil otherwise you would have stayed with it.
I'm also wondering why you discontinued the Nardil in the 1st place? and why you have 'nearly' started back on it several times before but didn't?
Do you find that you need the benzo Clonazepam adjunct, because the "new" post-2003 Nardil is no longer as effective at influencing the GABA levels? Did you need the clonazepam when you were taking the old pre-2003 Nardil?
I'm not sure what is the source of this blankness that I feel, although I can describe how it affects me: I feel as though the lights are on but there's no one home. For example: I was walking my dog the other day & a little old lady stopped to talk to me... I couldn't put two words together to say anything. I struggled to blurt out a couple of yes/no answers. My point is that this was hardly an anxiety inducing event, and yet my mind was just vacant. It was very distressing to feel that way
A friend dropped in to visit me a while back and I had a similar paucity of words or even topics of conversation. It was almost as though my ego had evaporated into thin air. I had nothing to say and couldn't think of any new topics to discuss with her.
I may add that this has not occurred to me either before or during Nardil treatment, only since I started tapering off up until the present time. I'm finding it a lot easier to express myself though writing as I have time to gather my thoughts & edit them as I go.
Does any of that sound similar to what you experience?Cheers
Sentience
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