Posted by that_guy23 on November 24, 2008, at 14:36:07
In reply to Re: no stims/no benz BEST NARDIL AUGMENTION d/r » that_guy23, posted by JadeKelly on November 23, 2008, at 22:47:02
hey jade,
hows it been going for you, i'd love to hear a little about your situation and how it's going.
I am so appretiative for the help. You always come through with some concern, and good input for me, I have seriously never experienced someone being so nice to someone they don't know. I think your definatly the kind of person we need more of on these boards!
Well I guess I will get to your last post. I am seeing a psychologist and just recently started cbt by the way. I keep a thought journal, for everyday, and now she wants me to start on exposures, if your familiar with that. I feel though that I find it hard for both these things, but I do keep an everyday thought journal, but have yet to use exposures. But so far it's just been the talking, and letting things out to both pdocs. And it is so easy to talk to them about everything. I have also opened up to close family and friends more so. I'ts like this time, as in tried this several times and fell back to the drink, I actually for the firts time really truly feel that I want and have to recover!
I did suggest the stims, and ritalin, at that, and in a way kind of shows you were right in both cases. I know the stims would work very well in social aspect because I did do allot of cocaine and remeber hearing how there very similar. Now this could make you wonder, did I just want to get back on drugs, or have something that I could take in low doses that would help me socially. I truly beleive that it is the latter. I know it is a similar drug, but I only wanted it to feel better not to abuse. Now in my sub-concious it could have some role, so I guess right now,the stims. wouldn't be such a good idea.
I do have a plan to call her to up my dose to 90 mgs, but she still won't augment. The last time I was there, I did ask for her suggestions on an augmentatin, but she said she wasn't going that route just yet, thats when the whole thing about me being able to get another doc. came up. So you see my predicament, lose her, and maybe get a worse pdoc. that would still not give me augmentation, Probably unlikely for both though, or stick with her on just nardil and clonazepam.
This caused me allot of distress, and still is becuase I can't see myself stopping nardil, being the gold standard for SA/SP, for at least 4 months in. So I don't know about switching to parnate yet, but maybe after nardil trial, which I hope I don't have to. That means another six weeks on nardil with just clonazepam, unless it works of course. I hope I can stck it out. Actually on wednesday I think it will be 4 weeks on 75, then I will up to 90 mg, until I see change, or decide to drop nardil.
Is there a waiting period to switch from nardil to parnate or whats the deal with that? Ehat about other AD's? Does it require a washout period? If I decide to stop taking nardil how fast can I come off of it from 90 mgs? In asking all of this I hope I'm right that I read you used to be on nardil. If so, how did it effect you? how long were you on it?
Well I guess that coers everything, I think.
hope to hear from you soon. I want to know a little about jade!
sincerly,
shawn
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