Posted by Chris O on June 2, 2014, at 3:44:04
In reply to Psychosis after decreasing nardil, posted by Yukio on May 22, 2014, at 13:15:07
Yukio:
I hope your husband is doing better. What a terrible time you two have been having! I don't know much about bipolar disorder, but Eric is a great resource for that. I tend to agree with him in the sense of what have you got to lose in trying a mood stabilizer at this point. If it helps, bingo. If it does nothing or makes things worse (which seems unlikely at this point), then at least you've got something crossed off your list of things to try.
I have never taken Nardil, but whenever I have stopped SSRIs and SNRIs I did get withdrawal symptoms (which often manifested themselves as anxiety, paranoia, depersonalization, etc.) The longer I took the drugs, the longer the withdrawal symptoms lasted.
From what you said about his mother, it sounds like the addiction issues are related to that in some respect. Probably a ridiculous question at this point, but has he ever done any type of extended therapy where he tried to confront and quiet that voice in his head (the voice of his mother)? It certainly seems like it is still very active at this point. It sounds like at this point, that is not possible, but maybe once he stabilizes....
Chris
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