Posted by PCB on August 19, 2019, at 8:53:02
In reply to Re: Help Me with My Med Regimen! Please/Anyone, posted by linkadge on August 19, 2019, at 8:13:29
I'm actually doing well with my current combination, I feel about 70% of normal. I wish I felt well enough to socialize and make friends. I feel like I have optimized nardil after 20 years of experimentation. Sorry to ramble, but I feel my side effects are my biggest problem. After stopping coffee, alcohol, slept, etc; I actually feel like I have normalized somewhat. I use to have irritability, irritable bowel, poor sleep. 2 years after my lifestyle changes; I started to travel, go to church, going to the beach and actually dated. I now have no diet limitation (except maybe folic acid and lamictal and the typical MAOI diet). I now can tolerate any brand of lamictal, where as I could only take TEVA before.
So now that I feel normal, I almost feel like I should take "normal" pscyh medications like an SSRI/SNRI and maybe lithium augmentation. Even Dr. Quitken The Godfather of Nardil told me he pretty much prescribe Prozac instead of nardil. The last concern I have is most of the medical community don't have knowledge of nardil. It is tough for me, because most of my providers are colleagues of mine. It is embarrassing and a breach of confidentiality to tell my dentist, podiatrist, orthopedic that I have depression and take nardil. And most truly don't know what anesthesia to avoid. I fear a hypertensive reaction.
I use to post on babble years ago and once said, "All I want is a average life one maybe with an average wife, a child, small home. And bring on a divorce, late mortgage payments, difficult children. That would be 100% better then my life now" I tried over 30 medicine combination to try to get that average life and I failed. I am now 47 only with a job, no friend and a family all with depression. Well, now I would love to get on a average medication regimen without all of the side effects. And maybe with the weight loss, normal sleep, normal diet on a regular medication regimen, I might be able to get a friend or date little more.
Thanks Linkage! Your the best!
I have never tried CBD. Think that would help?
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