Posted by Ron Hill on April 5, 2010, at 10:21:43
In reply to Re: To the VETERANS on this board MAOI Question » Ron Hill, posted by mike0388 on April 3, 2010, at 15:46:50
Mike,
> What I found most interesting from the link is, it says once you reach the max. benefit from Nardil, to decrease over several weeks, even down to 1 15mg pill a day? Is this because the nardil is in your system already and there is no need for multiple pills?
You are referring to the Maintenance dose section and this is what I said to ignore in my prior post when I wrote:
>> However, pay no attention to the Maintenance dose section; lowering the dosage in the maintenance phase is a bunch of baloney.
> Maintenance dose: After maximum benefit from NARDIL is achieved, dosage should be reduced slowly over several weeks. Maintenance dose may be as low as one tablet, 15 mg, a day or every other day, and should be continued for as long as is required.
I have never heard of this dosage reduction method working for anyone. And, as you can see from Ace's post above, he agrees. I have been on Nardil for three years, and if I reduced my dosage to 15 mg/day I would immediately fall into a deep depression.
Mike, I know you are using Nardil to treat your social phobia as opposed to my use of Nardil to treat my depression. None the less, Ace uses Nardil to treat social phobia, and he agrees that the reduction of dosage in the maintenance phase does not work.
-- Ron
dx: Bipolar II with ultra rapid cycling, and mild OCPD
600 mg/day Trileptal
200 mg/day Lamictal
500 mg/day Keppra
90 mg/day Nardil
1.9 mg/day Deplin (taken with methyl B-12 and P-5-P)
Dark therapy via LowBlueLight glasses
High dosage of fish oil, 300 mg/day phosphatidylserene, and several other vitamins and supplements
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