Posted by blueboy on August 18, 2007, at 9:42:11
In reply to Nardil and what? Best add-ons for TRD?, posted by stargazer2 on August 15, 2007, at 13:37:38
How much Nardil?
If you feel lethargic, you might consider a higher dose. Most reports I have seen seem to consider it activating, and that was my personal experience with it.
I'd personally be unwilling to add any AD to Nardil. Any medical researcher who thinks he "understands" the mechanism of AD's (much less possible interaction of multiple AD's) is deluded. A huge amount of received knowledge in the area is not properly validated at best, and outright guesswork at worst. What solid knowledge does exist is (again IMHO) rather haphazard.
I will also say, I would rather try ECT than die, LOL. I'm sympathetic to your desire to avoid it, though. I'm in the same boat. My pdoc is big on it, but the medical establishment's record concerning integrity, transparency, and methodological soundness for ECT research/reporting is abysmal.
On that topic, I just don't understand how any doctor cannot express some degree of professional embarrassment concerning ECT. I wish that med schools would require completion of an hour course in hermeneutics, practical statistics, and decision-making.
But on the other hand, competent and honest psychiatrists often vouch for ECT from their personal experiences.
poster:blueboy
thread:776435
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20070815/msgs/776919.html