Posted by jedi on July 6, 2012, at 0:10:09
In reply to Re: Here's my story ,,, ANY ADVICE??, posted by UGottaHaveHope on July 5, 2012, at 3:38:59
Hi,
I don't know how much help I can be here, but I am a long time user of Nardil. Most of 14 years. I have no personal knowledge of Viibryd. Just what I've read. So I can't really say anything about it. Effexor never worked for me.My depression is atypical and Nardil is the only med that has ever worked for me. That is with 45+ different combination trials. Now I take 60mg of Nardil and .5mg of clonazepam for anxiety and sleep. I have been off Nardil at least a half dozen times because of the side effects and just to give a shot at being drug free. Each time, after a period of several months the major depression has returned.
I also have social anxiety which is controlled well by Nardil, with clonazepam.
I was doing really well for probably 5 or 6 months the last time I was med free. I am self employed in investment real estate and the 5 year real estate depression caught up to me with some pretty severe financial stress. This sent me back into another major depression. Luckily for me, I have enough experience with my medications to know that the Nardil always pulls me out. That month or 5 week wait can be a bitch, but it has always worked for the major depression.
I guess I should just reside myself to being a lifer, but I always want to get off the medications. I've always have a residual level of dysthymia since my teenage years. But my major depressions are life threatening. I have never had physical pain that was as bad as the mental pain from my major depressions.
The weight loss makes me wonder if your depression is atypical. I know mine is. Nardil does work for other treatment resistant depressions, but it is "The Bomb" for atypical depression with social anxiety.
I don't like the side effects, but I know the med works for me. The side effects lessen over time and besides, there is no side effect as painful as major depression.
I've been working on getting out of my financial black hole in real estate and haven't been studying the meds like I used too. I found the one that works for me. I sure hope you find what works for you. If the Nardil worked before, there is a good chance it would work again.
Good Luck,
Jedi> Hello to some of my longtime friends in here. I need your help or insight into my situation.
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> I've had primarily anxiety, with underlying depression, since 1997. I have not had much success with ADs. A few years ago, I was put on Nardil 60mg, Seroquel 25mg, and Xanax XR 2mg.
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> In March 2011, I got tired of the side effects of Nardil and slowly weaned myself off it. At that time, I gained a lot of confidence because of three things: Getting off the Nardil, getting me old job duties back at work, and selling a house.
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> Back to the meds: From then on, I just took the Seroquel 25mg and Xanax XR 2mg at night. That combination felt like a Benadryl on steroids. Unless I was worked up, it was usually the best sleep of my life. When I woke up, I was groggy for a few hours, but that was OK because it took the edge "off" my anxiety. It made me lethargic during the day but it was worth the tradeoff.
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> For about 12 months there, I had the best stretch in 15 years of anxiety/depression. Again, a lot of it had to do with work. If I wasnt focused on my current project, I was thinking about my next one. All I did was work, eat and sleep. I know, not balanced but I was functioning well and beginning to do social activities.
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> In April 2011, I got a job offer that I had been pursuing but I could not take it because it was a contract job and did not offer benefits (including no health insurance), details I did not fully understand until then. With either decision (take the job or not), I was going to have regrets. I spent the rest of April and all of May beating myself up with the regrets. I obsessed about it 24/7, and I had crashed into a severe depression by June. My one year of steady improvement simply crashed.
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> I have not been able to get back into the groove that I was in. It is hard for me to get out my house. I dont have the same zeal for work. Ive lost 15 pounds. I cant find motivation or purpose. You know how it is? When you dont feel good, you forget that you ever felt well?
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> Finally, my questions. I finally returned going to see my pdoc this week. The last time I saw this pdoc, she thought I had symptoms of Bipolar 2 for reasons Im still not sure. Anyways, this week I go in there fully expecting the doc to put me on Lamictal or Abilify. First, she asks if I want to try Effexor (I havent had much success with any SSRIs in the past). Then, she asks if I want to go back on Nardil (I didnt want the side effects again). Eventually, she decides to put me on a 30-day sample packet of Viibyrd, along with keeping me on Seroquel 50mg and Xanax XR 2mg. I dont sleep as well on Viibryd Ive noticed, and it gives me diarrhea (common side effect). Im just not sure about this combination.
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> Does anybody have an opinion on that combo? What about Viibryd in particular? Or is there something out there that might work better? Im in a rural area, and any suggestions my pdoc would consider. Ive thought about going back to Nardil.
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> Thanks in advance for any insight or opinions.
Jedi
Treatment resistant, atypical, double depression with social anxiety.
Nardil + clonazepam
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