Posted by phidippus on May 23, 2014, at 18:44:21
In reply to Re: Psychosis after decreasing nardil, posted by Yukio on May 23, 2014, at 13:03:41
> Thank you both so much for responding. I get what you are both saying, but the only time ever that he had a manic episode was when starting the Nardil and the dose was too high.It only takes one episode for the diagnosis to be made. The fact Nardil was being used only clarifies the diagnosis.
While on the Nardil for 5 years, he was definitely more productive, but his personality was different, like I described earlier
How was his personality different?
but now completely off the Nardil, he has sunk into a deeper depression than ever before, even pre-nardil.
Well if he is bipolar and was cruising at high altitude on the nardil and now he's off it, he's going to cycle into a depression
has intrusive disturbing thoughts of what a "bad person" he is.
He is having ocd symptoms, which can happen when depression comes on strong.
We are not sure why the psychosis came on, but I believe it had to do with the guilt and shame feelings of the DUI and the license restriction, plus the extra stress at work.
Guilt, shame and stress did not bring on his psychosis. The imbalance of chemicals in his brain caused the psychosis.
When he was on the nardil he became confrontational and angry and he acted like he was always the victim.
This tells me the nardil was making your husband hypomanic. Antidepressants do this to folk who are bipolar.
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> But, I wonder if the nardil had such a profound effect on his mood, that the psychological let down is more the problem. Nardil is such a powerful drug.You are more right than you realize. Antidepressants take bipolar folk on a ride that inevitably leads to a crash.
>I will bring up to him and his psychiatrist what you botlh mentioned
Please, please heed my advice: get him off the Antidepressants and on a mood sstabilizer.
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