Posted by J Kelly on July 16, 2016, at 8:42:50
"I'm doing pretty well, thanks for asking. Two weeks ago my pdoc raised me to 90mg Nardil and I had a nasty reaction and ended up in the hospital. Surprising even myself I'm back on it at 60mg and will probably go up to 75mg in a few weeks. I will closely monitor my Zyprexa along with my symptoms. Nardil works too well for me to ditch it at this point."
Nardil was treating me very well until I got to 90mg. At 60mg I started to really feel its benefits. By 75mg all s/e's had just about disappeared, my depression was almost gone, anxiety much improved.
Surprisingly my pdoc upped me by phone to 90mg via a receptionist. I was greedy and took it. Within 2-3 days on 90mg I suddenly couldn't form a sentence. I kept falling and breaking stuff. Everything was funny towards the end of this.
Long/short, I stopped all meds, became severely depressed, and within a week I was back on 45mg of Nardil. I'm now at 60mg Nardil, along with 7.5mg Zyprexa and 1.5 Klonopin and feeling much improved and stable.
I guess the lesson is go slow and steady, and take a decent amount of antipsychotic (if you are pre-disposed as I am). Stop when you feel you are at your baseline, which I was at 75mg.
Ps- I noted a poster above shared that his eyes got really squinty and his pupils became very large (I thought I was the only one) I wonder what that's about.
Jade
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