Posted by Justherself54 on January 22, 2008, at 18:29:28
In reply to Off remeron...starting Nardil in 8 days..., posted by francineus on January 22, 2008, at 14:56:38
> Hi,
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> I'm off ALL meds and I think can start Nardil on 1/30 after a two week wash out period of Remeron.
> Which byw was causing pretty bad GI distress. The doc denied this but now that I've stopped it the GI distress did too. But there's no mention of this side effect anywhere that I saw and my doc denied it was the remeron....
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> So now, I'm myself off of ALL psych meds, which is interesting to see the baseline. It's
> encouraging in a way bc/ I'm NOT a complete basket case, just feel no real pleasure in anything.....
> I'm still functioning, taking care of my kids, making dinner, but I feel no real joy or motivation. I can pretend it and I do because I know what SHOULD make me smile and laugh. I lived this way for 27 years and am amazed at how functional I was. I was in graduate school before I took my first prozac pill.
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> I think coming off of these medications is where the meltdowns happen.
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> I'm nervous about starting Nardil and I guess am looking for encouragement. I tried so many things that just didn't work well. Worried about dietary restrictions...will it work...how long...etc. Should I just forget about AD's and try natural since I am pretty functional?
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Feeling lack of joy and motivation is my sign that things are going to go downhill..I was scared to death to try Nardil..but I'm sure glad I did..it gave me my energy back and the ability to socialize again..the dietary restrictions aren't that bad..in fact it makes you stay away from all the packaged foods which have so many additives in them..if you are a real cheese lover, you're gonna miss that..
It took about 4 weeks for me at 45 mg (which I'm still at) to start really feeling the difference..and what a difference! Energy and motivation back and depression gone.
No stomach problems unless I eat something too close to bed, then I'll get heartburn..and unfortunately it can make you quite gassy..I've had no problems with hypotension unlike Parnate..I have some balance problems but I can handle physical symptoms way more than the apathy and anxiety some of the SSRI's gave me..I just say sorry a lot to people I bump with my purse!
I've been on all the SSRI's and SNRi's, some tricyclids, and I give Nardil the best rating of them all..
If you feel yourself going downwards, I would give Nardil a try..hopefully it will work for you as well as it has for me and others on this site..
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