Posted by Enigma on May 1, 2010, at 9:20:32
In reply to Re: Nardil failing - bedridden, depressed, suicidal ed » Enigma, posted by pedr on April 28, 2010, at 12:00:04
> Hi Enigma,
> I'm very sorry that you are in such pain. No-one deserves to experience that.Thank you.
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> You're the only other person to report Nocturia (peeing 6, 7, 8 times a night) and night terrors on Nardil other than me (I posted here a while ago on it. I'm on 90mg).Well, I've been on nardil for quite a long time, and the peeing at night, it's only about 3 times for me but I can seem to go until I push on my bladder! I don't think has anything to do with Nardil for me as these symptoms just started. I'm going to a Urologist this coming week. But, one of the side effects of Nardil is frequent urination, from what I remember.
> I used to wake up violently shaking, like there was an electrical current running through me for about 3 seconds and then it would stop. And I would always have a dream where at the end something would slam into my head from the side and I'd see it only at the last moment. It was usually a hard punch, a hard ball, a car or falling hard into the ground. I've thrown myself off the side of the bed and lashed out at my wife in reaction to these dreams!A couple months ago, I did go up to 90 mg of nardil which was definitely bad for me. I'm not sure if it was an increase in the med or another drug I was trying where I had the EXACT same symptoms. I would be walking in the mall, and get these electrical zaps all through my body where I would then lose balance and have to hold onto something. I would also have dreams where I would wake up, punching, kicking, blocking a punch or something, or being punched in the face. Talk about bizarre. My whole body would "jump" off the bed (but I didn't fall off the bed).
> (I believe that is called REM Disorder, where you act out your dreams). All these SE's have gone now. However I am still +40lb and almost always weary. I fall asleep at work fairly regularly.
I'm pretty tired all the time too, about +30 overweight, but not from Nardil, from atypical antipsychotics, and I can't lose the weight. I'm on a super low cal diet, and if I lose weight at all, one big meal, and I gain it ALL back. It doesn't make sense.
90mg of Nardil would also screw with my blood pressure. Every time I got up from a lying position, I would get a severe dizzy spell and need to hold onto the wall until it passed. It actually went away when we lowered the Nardil to 75mg.
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> I have to say that your story scares me since if Nardil pooped out on me I'd be lost and would have to pray that another MAOI would help. I am just thankful for every day of stability that it gives me.I'm much better than I was when I posted the first message. Not crying, not suicidal, etc. Who knows why. It seems as if I didn't take Nardil for days, but I was on it. Maybe I just hit a real low.
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> Regarding suggestions, have you thought of augmenting Nardil with Nortriptiline or Provigil? Have you tried taking vit B6 or its precursor (forget name)? Some report that that can increase Nardil's efficacy.I tried provigil and it didn't seem to have any effect on me at all. I don't think I tried Nortriptiline but it sounds familiar.
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> Best wishes,
> PeteThanks man.
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