Posted by stargazer2 on August 8, 2007, at 12:56:38
In reply to Re: New Nardil side-effect: body redness/GI » stargazer2, posted by Girlnterrupted78 on August 8, 2007, at 12:01:33
I have an article, written by the doctors at McLean Hospital in Belmont,MA, who sanctioned the addition of an amphetamine at 5 mg but never said you could not go higher if required. I have tried Provigil in the past with resultant tiredness and little improvement if any.
I'm not sure I'll stop Nardil yet, I have a call into my pdoc to inquire what should I do with the Nardil, Abilify and Wellbutrin, since I stopped everything except 'N' after "the episode" of hypertension.
I had a full endocrine workup yesterday and after looking at my labs from a year ago, the nurse practitioner (endo couldn't see me until 3/08)started me on Synthroid, after my bloods were drawn today. I had a whole slew of labs drawn along with TSH to see if it has gone higher in the last year. Also I had my cortisol level drawn which may show a deficiency in that as well, so I will be on new meds starting today with 25 mcg of synthroid (Phillipa you should know all about this type of treatment). And now with the addition of Synthroid, some of my other meds may need a reevaluation too. I see my pdoc next Friday, he was already informed that the nurse practitioner thought my thyroid was indicative of mild hypothyroid with the results of the labs drawn last year during my workup for M.S. What a mess it's been for the last 2-3 years straight.
Today, I actually thought I'm going to have to find a job soon especially if I start to feel less depressed and more focused and actually feel like i could work again. Finances are really tight since my husband has been shouldering the burden almost a full year, since I quit my job with my depression in full fury. The last year I have focused on getting to the bottom of the depression and I hope and pray all this testing and searching for results will provide answers. This is my last workup to see if my endocrine results are abnormal or if anything could be causing poor responses to most depression meds.
In the past 20 years no one had sent me to an endocrinologist and this could make a big difference in how I feel. I hope so.
SG
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