Posted by Justherself54 on May 8, 2008, at 9:41:51
In reply to Re: Nardil- The best AD ever.......Ace » Justherself54, posted by ace on May 8, 2008, at 1:26:31
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> The vomiting is strange.....Although people do experience this on Remeron....Yes, it was strange...and scary...
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> Were you taking any other medicines at the time of your Nardil trial?
50 mg. seroquel up from my usual 25 mg, .05 clonazapam and 7.5 zopiclone (which I had to increase also to combat insomnia.
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> Parnate can be a real Godsend too.....it has been shown, like Nardil, to be extremely effective.It was an effective med for me also
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> Differences about Parnate, in contrast to Nardil, , are its s/effect profile...obviously it has a different pharmacology-
> In my opinion Parnate has unequivocal psycho-stimulant properties that can lead to a great response (and some insomnia). other s/effects are lack of appetite (which you know) and minor psychomotor problems. There's is a full list, but these are what I have noticed most....I had pyschomotor problems on Nardil...the drunken sailer walk...I also had a terrible time with transposing letters and leaving off the ends of words when I typed...
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> For some it's NE profile, I feel, can cause a paradoxical depression.
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> I think this is mainly the exception, not the rule but.
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> I have seen phenomenal responses to Parnate- not as manu as Nardil, but still a lot...Yeah...Nardil has that great euphoria at the beginning...had to keep an eye on it so I didn't overshoot from a hypomania to nastier one...initially it was like WOW...I can't believe the energy I have, but then the side effects popped up...Parnate didn't have that...but it made me stay on task and my focus was incredible...not very social but felt smarter than usual (if that makes any sense)
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> I definately would give it a go.....how long was your last trial?Was only up to 20 mg for a couple of months and went off due to major surgery, then restarted but ended up with severe chilling...found out later it was from surgery but at that time I was already on Nardil...
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> And in one study I have, it was the leading medicine that psychiatrists would treat themselves with!I wonder if that's why my pdoc has many patients on Parnate...I was his only one on Nardil...must ask him...
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> Please feel free to ask any more, and I hope all is well:)So far I have been able to go without an AD for the first time in years...I have a prescription for Parnate sitting...but right now it's nice to be side effect free...how long it will last I don't know...if I do restart it I'm going to have to force myself to eat, as I think that excaberated the hypotension...low blood sugar on top of hypotension...
As I have fibromyalgia my pdoc has mentioned Cymbalta ,as it's just been released in the land of hockey and beer, but I'm still leaning towards the MAOI's and I think he is too, at least in my case. I've had the best responses ever from them. They have more "physical" side effects which I can tolerate more than the "inside the head" side effects of SSRI's. (I don't know if I'm making much sense...I have a major case of fibro fog going on right now.
Thanks Ace...it was nice to see some feedback on Parnate...it could be helpful to those who had failed trials with Nardil to know that Parnate is out there and may be suitable for them...MAOI's rock...to bad they couldn't work out the nastier side effects without compromising the effectiveness of the drug..
Justy
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