Posted by bulldog2 on January 22, 2010, at 15:43:38
In reply to Re: To Nardil users - how is it going for you? » pedr, posted by jedi on January 22, 2010, at 0:16:18
> Hi Pete & Michael,
> I've been on Nardil for most of the past 12 years. I have stopped a half dozen times for other med trials (45+ combinations), and just to wash out. Every time my major depression has returned within a few months. I have been augmenting with 2mg of clonazepam for the anxiety and social phobia. I am in the process of cutting down the clonazepam, just because of the memory problems (CRS).
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> Nardil is the only med that has ever worked for me. Funny, a 50 year old medication, and the only one that works. I'm done trying to quit. I just went back up to 75mg because I was starting to feel the depression sneak back in at 60mg. The side effects are worse at the higher dosages. My worst ones are weight gain, insomnia, and delayed orgasm. But guess what, major depression is worse.
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> I always have a residual level of dysthymia even on Nardil. If anyone can suggest an augmentation to help with that, I would appreciate it. My diagnosis is treatment resistant, atypical, double depression with social anxiety.
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> In the past I have augmented Nardil with bupropion, nortriptyline, trazodone for sleep and quitiapine(Seroquel)for sleep. The bupropion, though contraindicated, helped with the weight gain from Nardil.
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> Baring some kind of medical breakthrough, I am a lifer on Nardil. The major depressions are just too painful and dangerous.
> Be Well,
> Jedi
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> > To be frank, Nardil has given me life. For 13 years I've been very depressed and nothing I'd tried had done much at all. Nardil is like night and day. I still have many many problems, anxiety, depression, OCD and still have bad times. However, it's a fraction of what I was experiencing before. It's my wonder drug.
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> > Pete
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>How about adding lamictal or tegretol? Though mood stabilizers they may add an ad effect. Also would your doctor consider a stim such as ritalin?
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