Posted by stargazer2 on May 27, 2008, at 20:06:15
In reply to i just do not understand this... » ace, posted by iforgotmypassword on May 27, 2008, at 11:05:30
The change in the original formula is probably the cause of how it now works, including the long drawn out process of getting through many side effects and slow to minimal effectiveness, I too experienced. I seems to works very differently now.
When I took the original Nardil in 1988 or thereabouts, ...it worked in one or two days, with just a feeling of being better.
I'm currently on Nardil, but it took months and it was a long slow process riddled with episodes of hypotension, abdominal gas and little perceptible effects. I added quite a few things to it including an amphetamine (generic Ritalin) and also nortriptyline. I think I also added wellbutrin along the way.
I never thought I would get beyond the BP problems but I did eventually get past that.
It wasn't until I got to 60 mg that I began to improve. I had to stay at 45 for a few months to allow my BP to come up. At its lowest my BP was 60/40. I monitored my BP daily due to the lightheadedness and fainting spells I almost had.
Just a few weeks ago, I cut down to 45 mg since I was on so many other meds for a pulled muscle in my neck and shoulder. I thought cutting back to 45 mg was fine and I didn't put it together until I went to my routine appt with my pdoc and started to admit I was not feeling as well as I had been. Upon admitting that I was at 45 mg, it was obvious that just a decrease in 15 mg was causing me to start to spiral down.
So nevertheless, I think Nardil is working for me, about a year now but it was not without a long involved process of tweaking it before I felt better.
And by the way, I gained 30 pounds too so that is another bad effect that the original Nardil never caused me. I don't remember having any side effects or time to "get used to it" as the Nardil of today seems to require.
it's too bad but I'm at least working again, something I couldn't do for a year and a half before taking Nardil. Too bad I have to be fat to feel normal. It's the price I guess I have to pay.
Stargazer
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