Posted by Jnew12 on October 17, 2008, at 9:55:24
In reply to Re: clarification, posted by Nadezda on October 17, 2008, at 8:07:17
Please understand me. My one doctor is ignorant to MAOI's I am not sure if he has treated a single patient in his life. I know for a fact that I am the only patient of his on them right now because he told me so. I don't know if you would call this self medicating but I came in asking for Nardil because I told him all the message board I visit on anxiety (I visit alot) and told him my history of extreme Social Anxiety and ADD, and how I seen people on these boards helped out with SA with the drug NARDIL. Without hesitation he said he would give me anything I wanted (he must know I am a bad case because I told him the laundry list of other meds I been on) So, I asked him for Nardil, Benzo's (Klonopin for the morning, and Xanax as needed like my other psych did) and either Focalin, or Daytranna patch for ADD.
He asked me if I really wanted nardil, but did not try to get my to try something else like my other psych did. Of course I said yes, but told him I wanted parnate if this did not work and told him about the formulation and how it does not work as good, he looked at me crazy.
Then, he took out his little book looked Nardil up and seen that has food restriction. He told me I needed a list so I could sign so if anything happened he would not get sued. I said I seen the list on the internet many time, but still he made me sign it as the list was right in front of me and I agreed to adhere w/ food restrictions, and if I did it was my problem.
Then he checked on the ADD medication, and so that no stims are allowed to be prescribed with Nardil.
He saw that I had really bad ADD he made me do an evaluation before he found out nardil would clash with it, and I don't think he probally seen someone that bad..lol
I told him that stims have been done before with someone as treatment resistant as me before, but I think him being new to prescribing this medication, all he had to go by is his little boook.
He told me he would be happy to prescibe me either, I did not try to yank his chain too much, and I chose Nardil because I worry more about my depression, social anxiety more. Other people are the ones who complain on my ADD all the time, I just would like a med so people would stop complaining and maybe get energy.
So what I did is I had to go to a DOC as an emergency because I hurt my knee. But while I was there I brought up I had ADD and took meds as a child, and my granadpa was there to tell him all the bad things I do. Again I think he knew how important it was for me to be on medication, and was happy to help me. Except he gave me Adderal instead of Daytrana and Focalin, because that what he said he likes to prescribe.
I did not tell him about the Nardil because simply he did not ask, but then again I don't know if I would of told him, he seems like a real good guy and he want's me to to be there every two weeks to monitor me.
He also gave my grandparents (who I stay with right now) and my parents a before and after to fill out.
He also gave me one for my teacher it was somethling like a ridiculous 6 or 7 pages and there was no way I was going to give it to her. Then she brought me behind, and said that I had symptoms and I was talking out of line, and saying things that did not pertain to what I was doing and people were complaining. I told her that I had ADD, and my doc had something for her to fill out, but it was ridiculous long. She said she did not care she wanted to do it, she actually sounded happy to be involved for some reason, and if being on meds is going to get me a better grade, and have my teacher like me all the better.
At first in her class I did not talk at all because of Social Anxiety, but she said if you do not talk she will actually fail you for participation points. And now my ADD is making me want to stop talking or drop out.
I have been mixing Adderal 20mg XR for 5 days now without any negative side effect. Except yesterday I was falling in sleep alot in class, that might of been the klonopin I took before though.
If I did not have my head hurt for this long don't you think I am passed the stage of death due to nardil+adderal. All the cases I have seen which was not alot the people died in the first day of taking it, and like I said this is my 5th day. If I do feel a headache I will stop taking immeditaly matter of fact is there a med I can take to stop it if it does happen, there are meds for hypertensive crisis right?
So really, I am being monitored by both doctors, whether they both know what drugs I am taking or not. Even if did tell them don't you think there is anything they could do differently except give me less of each drug????
And my Psychatrist he does not really know much about this class of drug, I am sure some people on this board knows more than he does, the med has been stopped being used since like the 60's!
And, I know the guy who gives me adderal is intelligent, he seems to care, instead of just throwing a med at me he is trying to involve other people.
That is why I don't want to stop a good thing! I already have so much people involved now my teacher, filling out forms and checking if im doing better.
If I were to get off stimulants then that would pull a plug off of everything and people would get mad at me for chosing the Nardil over the ADD medication, because they think I need it. Like my grandpa I told him the interaction of the two could be possibly dangerous, he keeps on asking me why do you have to be on that nardil stuff!! I want my nardil!! But I don't want to die either, im so confused, what should I do??????????
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