Posted by stargazer2 on January 19, 2008, at 16:26:04
In reply to Re: Why does Nardil cause weight gain?, posted by stargazer2 on January 18, 2008, at 22:36:28
What I should have said is that it made ME eat everything and that doesn't mean it will do the same thing for YOU.
If you haven't found a med that works for your treatment resistent depression...Nardil, or perhaps Parnate or MArplan, should be one of the meds to try.
The only side effects that would scare me off would be something to make me feel worse mentally. For some strange reason, I can deal with many of the physical side effects better than the emotional ones. Probably because I have been battling depression on and off for 30 years. Physically I have looked fine but have suffered tremendously with a mood disorder that has be classified as recalcitrant.
I would try any med that had side effects of weight gain, since that is a price I would pay for mental health. Not that I would be happy about it, but the risk of this occurring was something I didn't dwell on.
Again, given my history, where no other AD's, Ap's, mood stabalizers, etc have worked for me, the risk of any side effect was worth it since all of the Ad's I have tried have affected me this way.
Nardil is not considered a first line med either but I would recommend it strongly to anyone who has suffered without relief as long as I have.
I haven't become obese but I have gained weight and now can deal with that better since my depression has lifted.
Sorry my response was stated so generally. I forget to think about how others may interpret my message sometimes. I hope you condsider Nardil since weight gain may not happen to you and the risk of helping you may be greater than the risk of weight gain, which may not occur at all.
Stargazer
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