Posted by SLS on April 6, 2022, at 14:17:15
In reply to Re: combining nardil and parnate ) SLS » SLS, posted by rose45 on April 6, 2022, at 4:32:22
> Scott,
> Once again, I am so grateful to you for giving me so much of your time and thoughtfulness to me. I am truly desperate and not getting the help I need from mental health services.
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> I think because we have had so many messages to and fro, there are some details you forget:
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> 1. I was on nardil for 22 years and it then entirely stopped working. So there is no guarantee that it would work again.
> Parnate has worked much better for me than Nardil, and unfortunately I am unable to come off it - I did describe the difficulty I have in my previous post...
> so to remind you, I am still taking parnate because I cannot come off it.
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> Re. Lamotrigine, I am on 125 mg, having reduced from 200 mg. I never noticed much difference when increasing from 100-200 mg, and it did work for 4 months at 200 mg,
> but then stopped working and the memory loss and inability to communicate is so severe and totally caused by lamotrigine, as I did not have it that badly before. It would take a while to increase to 300 mg at 25 mg every 2 weeks and hesitate to increase it at this point - just because it worked for you - You did not have the horrible side effects that I got.
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> I truly dont want to negate everything you suggest, although it may sound like it. I think it may be hard for you to get my whole picture as you have other things to do besides re-reading my posts - eg I took nardil for probably longer than you have- so I did become familiar with how to increase, and was on a dose of 45 mg for all that time.
I think you'll find that Nardil at 45 mg/day is usually too low. Like I said, my impression is that the effective range of Nardil for treating severe depression or anxiety disorders is 60-90 mg/day. You are unusual in this regard. Your doctor may have made a grievous error in not increasing your dosage of Nardil to 60 mg/day.My memory is still terrible. I find it difficult to remember everyone's treatment history. I wish I did. Memory seems to be the last part of my depression to recover. Short-term memory is still particularly affected.
In any event, if you are ever to return to Nardil, my current beliefs include:1. Know that the range for MOST people is 60-90 mg/day.
2. Starting at 7.5 mg/day and increasingly gradually can reduce the risk of experiencing significant side-effects.
- Scott
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