Posted by Sailboat77 on December 6, 2010, at 9:38:55
In reply to Re: Thoughts please.... Nardil + Xanax + more » ace, posted by PartlyCloudy on December 6, 2010, at 8:48:33
All I can do is give my genuine advice that you stay with the Nardil, and even raise it to a level that has in your experience provided the most amount of relief from the depression and heartache you seem to be familiar with. As for the Xanax, I can't make much of a recommendation considering my experience is limited.
I understand the feeling of being hopelessly tired of being on meds for so long, especially when the struggle entails SO MANY different meds over SO MANY years.
With this in mind though, you must see the bright spot. You have a medicine that you know has the "ability to work", Nardil. I can't tell you how desperately I wish I had a medicine that could provide "significant" relief. I myself tried Nardil 2 months ago and felt for the very first time a limited antidepressant effect. But I hit a brick wall and the dose increases failed to bring me to a level of happiness or even level of mere contentment (I also had awful side effects where I would pass out and fall over once or twice a day). My point is, is that although the Nardil comes with side effects and all sorts of problems concerning stable effectiveness, I would continue to stick with it. The possibility alone of halting the depression makes it worth the fight.
On a side note, I start a new regime of Parnate in 10 days and have a real hope that my depression can finally be relieved.
-Keep up the hope!
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