Posted by blueboy on September 28, 2007, at 10:37:58
In reply to Re: Back on Nardil » blueboy, posted by Jedi on September 28, 2007, at 2:00:43
Thanks, that's a very helpful post.
On the other hand, I have to say, Nardil does seem to affect me (subjectively) like speed. I haven't taken a lot in my life, but I did take a little decades ago.
I was in the Army (in Vietnam) and I'd pull CQ duty every once in a while, which means staying awake and alert all night to check the guard posts, check radio communications periodically, and operate the radio in case of trouble. This after a full hard day of work. Most of us would take speed, as staying awake/alert was obviously a high-stakes proposition. (Not to mention that going to sleep would have constituted a felony.)
Anyway, I do subjectively feel some "speed" component to Nardil. In fact, sometimes I wonder if that is the basic therapeutic effect in my case. Which worries me a bit, considering the deleterious long-term effects of amphetamines and other "speed" drugs.
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> I've researched phenelzine(Nardil) extensively over the past ten years. I have seen no evidence that it is metabolized at all into methamphetamine. The jury is still out on whether tranylcypromine(Parnate) might have an amphetamine as a minor metabolite.
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