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Posted by 4WD on April 28, 2008, at 22:58:38
Everything was great Saturday. Occasionally waking too early and occasional spells of low blood pressure. Then Sunday all hell broke loose.
I went to bed Saturday night at 10 and woke up Sunday at 3:30 am. My blood pressure was so low I couldn't see or hear and had to walk with my head between my legs to the kitchen to get coffee. I was nauseated and after having the coffee I had severe diarrhea. I felt like crap all day. Diarrhea, nausea and low blood pressure. I only took two Nardil that day. I was afraid to take more.
Then today it got worse. I went to bed last night at 9 (exhausted) went right to sleep and woke up at 1:30. I got up drank one cup of coffee, decided I couldn't make it. My blood pressure was even lower than Sunday. Again with the nausea and diarrhea. At 2:15 I took 1.5mg Xanax and went back to sleep from 3:30 to 5 when Iwoke again with extremely low blood pressure and nausea.
I have been sick all day. I have taken three 1hour naps, and every time I get up I have the low blood pressure. I began to feel better about 8pm.
I called my pdoc and asked for some sleep med that I could take if I woke up at 2am again. Also I thought it ought to be another med than the trazadone I've been using since trazadone can lower blood pressure and causes me to wake up with a hangover if I don't get 8 hours. AGain I took only 2 Nardil today.
Something is suddenly very, very wrong. I called my pdoc and he called me in some Ambien. I asked what could be going on and he said perhaps an interaction between the Nardil and the Geodon I take since Geodon has some 5ht raising properties. But wouldn't that make my blood pressure higher not lower? And why would it start overnight?
I am scared to death. I am scared of taking only 30mg of Nardil - pdoc said "but aren't you feeling more depressed?" when I told him I had lowered the dose? But I can't go on with this low blood pressure/nausea/waking up at 3 every morning. I don't know what to do.
Should I just quit the trazadone? But then I'll definitely wake up too early. Should I continue at 30mg of Nardil instead of 45? But then I may get depressed again. And what's with the nausea?
Meds:
am: 15mg Nardil
20mg Geodon
.75mg Klonopin
5mg Valium4or 5 hours later : 15mg Nardil
An hour after that: 20 mg Geodon
.75 Klonopin
5 mg ValiumAnd up to now 3pm 15mg Nardil
Bedtime 100mg trazadone
40mg GeodonWhat's wrong with me? What's going on? How quickly will I lose my remission if I stay on 30mg of Nardil instead of 45? Why am I suddently nauseated? Why did my blood pressure suddenly get so extrememly low?
And what should I doI am already tapering one med - Klonopin - and don't think I can taper Geodon at the same time as my pdoc suggested. Help...
Marsha
Posted by Phillipa on April 28, 2008, at 23:22:32
In reply to Nardil : Help -suddenly I am very sick, posted by 4WD on April 28, 2008, at 22:58:38
Marsha don't know what to tell you. Did the pdoc think that the klonopin taper could be too fast? Is someone with you? I will do the med checker and see what it says. Love Phillipa
Posted by Phillipa on April 28, 2008, at 23:27:37
In reply to Re: Nardil : Help -suddenly I am very sick » 4WD, posted by Phillipa on April 28, 2008, at 23:22:32
All compatible according to drug checker. What do you think it is? Could it be the lack of sleep? I didn't add ambien. Love Phillipa
Posted by Sigismund on April 29, 2008, at 3:56:04
In reply to Nardil : Help -suddenly I am very sick, posted by 4WD on April 28, 2008, at 22:58:38
Could there be some connection between the hypomania (post above) and then feeling very sick?
Posted by undopaminergic on April 29, 2008, at 6:55:50
In reply to Nardil : Help -suddenly I am very sick, posted by 4WD on April 28, 2008, at 22:58:38
Caffeine has many effects, some of which raise blood pressure and some of which lower it, so depending on which effects predominate, it may worsen the hypotension. It's probably better to drink the salt water instead.
All of the medications you listed, including the sedatives and Geodon (an alpha1-adrenergic antagonist) have the potential to lower blood pressure.
As for the nausea, it's probably related to the hypotension. I recall that when I had hypotensive attacks and was blacking out, I also got rather severe nausea (but fortunately no vomiting), which lasted for a while even after brain circulation was restored (by sitting down). I'm not sure about the precise mechanism.
Posted by bulldog2 on April 29, 2008, at 8:29:59
In reply to Nardil : Help -suddenly I am very sick, posted by 4WD on April 28, 2008, at 22:58:38
> Everything was great Saturday. Occasionally waking too early and occasional spells of low blood pressure. Then Sunday all hell broke loose.
>
> I went to bed Saturday night at 10 and woke up Sunday at 3:30 am. My blood pressure was so low I couldn't see or hear and had to walk with my head between my legs to the kitchen to get coffee. I was nauseated and after having the coffee I had severe diarrhea. I felt like crap all day. Diarrhea, nausea and low blood pressure. I only took two Nardil that day. I was afraid to take more.
>
> Then today it got worse. I went to bed last night at 9 (exhausted) went right to sleep and woke up at 1:30. I got up drank one cup of coffee, decided I couldn't make it. My blood pressure was even lower than Sunday. Again with the nausea and diarrhea. At 2:15 I took 1.5mg Xanax and went back to sleep from 3:30 to 5 when Iwoke again with extremely low blood pressure and nausea.
>
> I have been sick all day. I have taken three 1hour naps, and every time I get up I have the low blood pressure. I began to feel better about 8pm.
>
> I called my pdoc and asked for some sleep med that I could take if I woke up at 2am again. Also I thought it ought to be another med than the trazadone I've been using since trazadone can lower blood pressure and causes me to wake up with a hangover if I don't get 8 hours. AGain I took only 2 Nardil today.
>
> Something is suddenly very, very wrong. I called my pdoc and he called me in some Ambien. I asked what could be going on and he said perhaps an interaction between the Nardil and the Geodon I take since Geodon has some 5ht raising properties. But wouldn't that make my blood pressure higher not lower? And why would it start overnight?
>
> I am scared to death. I am scared of taking only 30mg of Nardil - pdoc said "but aren't you feeling more depressed?" when I told him I had lowered the dose? But I can't go on with this low blood pressure/nausea/waking up at 3 every morning. I don't know what to do.
>
> Should I just quit the trazadone? But then I'll definitely wake up too early. Should I continue at 30mg of Nardil instead of 45? But then I may get depressed again. And what's with the nausea?
>
> Meds:
>
> am: 15mg Nardil
> 20mg Geodon
> .75mg Klonopin
> 5mg Valium
>
> 4or 5 hours later : 15mg Nardil
> An hour after that: 20 mg Geodon
> .75 Klonopin
> 5 mg Valium
>
> And up to now 3pm 15mg Nardil
>
> Bedtime 100mg trazadone
> 40mg Geodon
>
> What's wrong with me? What's going on? How quickly will I lose my remission if I stay on 30mg of Nardil instead of 45? Why am I suddently nauseated? Why did my blood pressure suddenly get so extrememly low?
>
> And what should I doI am already tapering one med - Klonopin - and don't think I can taper Geodon at the same time as my pdoc suggested. Help...
>
> MarshaI really suspect some type of drug interaction.Have you looked up drug interactions? It's hard to believe this is all nardil enduced at a low dose of 30 mg. I believe trazadone has some serotogenic properties so maybe an interaction between that and nardil.
Posted by bulldog2 on April 29, 2008, at 10:18:03
In reply to Nardil : Help -suddenly I am very sick, posted by 4WD on April 28, 2008, at 22:58:38
> Everything was great Saturday. Occasionally waking too early and occasional spells of low blood pressure. Then Sunday all hell broke loose.
>
> I went to bed Saturday night at 10 and woke up Sunday at 3:30 am. My blood pressure was so low I couldn't see or hear and had to walk with my head between my legs to the kitchen to get coffee. I was nauseated and after having the coffee I had severe diarrhea. I felt like crap all day. Diarrhea, nausea and low blood pressure. I only took two Nardil that day. I was afraid to take more.
>
> Then today it got worse. I went to bed last night at 9 (exhausted) went right to sleep and woke up at 1:30. I got up drank one cup of coffee, decided I couldn't make it. My blood pressure was even lower than Sunday. Again with the nausea and diarrhea. At 2:15 I took 1.5mg Xanax and went back to sleep from 3:30 to 5 when Iwoke again with extremely low blood pressure and nausea.
>
> I have been sick all day. I have taken three 1hour naps, and every time I get up I have the low blood pressure. I began to feel better about 8pm.
>
> I called my pdoc and asked for some sleep med that I could take if I woke up at 2am again. Also I thought it ought to be another med than the trazadone I've been using since trazadone can lower blood pressure and causes me to wake up with a hangover if I don't get 8 hours. AGain I took only 2 Nardil today.
>
> Something is suddenly very, very wrong. I called my pdoc and he called me in some Ambien. I asked what could be going on and he said perhaps an interaction between the Nardil and the Geodon I take since Geodon has some 5ht raising properties. But wouldn't that make my blood pressure higher not lower? And why would it start overnight?
>
> I am scared to death. I am scared of taking only 30mg of Nardil - pdoc said "but aren't you feeling more depressed?" when I told him I had lowered the dose? But I can't go on with this low blood pressure/nausea/waking up at 3 every morning. I don't know what to do.
>
> Should I just quit the trazadone? But then I'll definitely wake up too early. Should I continue at 30mg of Nardil instead of 45? But then I may get depressed again. And what's with the nausea?
>
> Meds:
>
> am: 15mg Nardil
> 20mg Geodon
> .75mg Klonopin
> 5mg Valium
>
> 4or 5 hours later : 15mg Nardil
> An hour after that: 20 mg Geodon
> .75 Klonopin
> 5 mg Valium
>
> And up to now 3pm 15mg Nardil
>
> Bedtime 100mg trazadone
> 40mg Geodon
>
> What's wrong with me? What's going on? How quickly will I lose my remission if I stay on 30mg of Nardil instead of 45? Why am I suddently nauseated? Why did my blood pressure suddenly get so extrememly low?
>
> And what should I doI am already tapering one med - Klonopin - and don't think I can taper Geodon at the same time as my pdoc suggested. Help...
>
> MarshaI looked up trazadone and dizziness and low blood pressure are listed as side effects. Perhaps drop trazadone and look for another sleep aid. This plus nardil may be causing some of your problems.Don't know about your other meds.
Posted by Phillipa on April 29, 2008, at 12:28:04
In reply to Re: Nardil : Help -suddenly I am very sick, posted by bulldog2 on April 29, 2008, at 10:18:03
Marsha no need for alarm but as scrolling down the board saw the liver enzyme thread. Could they affect the way you feel. No yellow skin, eyes, stomach larger? I'm sure it's not them just throwing things out in an effort to help find the cause. Love Phillipa
Posted by 4WD on April 29, 2008, at 16:52:00
In reply to Re: Nardil : Help -suddenly I am very sick, posted by Phillipa on April 29, 2008, at 12:28:04
I am much better today. I went to see my wise old family doctor this morning. (He did a psychiatric residency at one point and prescribed Nardil a lot back then).
He suggested that because I had had severe diarrhea for three days in a row, my fluids were depleted and that caused the sudden and abrupt drop in blood pressure.
I didn't take any slep med last night. I didn't take the Trazadone to try and raise BP. But I am going to have to take trazadone. It does a lot more for me than act as a sleep aid. When I first started taking it, I noticed that a (wonderful) side effect was that it kept me from waking up scared. And I didn't take it last night and woke up this morning terrified. So I am going to go back on it.
I am also returning to 45mg of Nardil. And I might reduce the Geodon from 80mg a day to 60. Not sure yet. I only took 20 last night instead of 40 and that may have contributed to my waking up so scared this morning. I think tonight I will take the full 100mg of trazadone and leave the Geodon at 20 instead of 40 and see what happens. if I wak up so scared again, I will know I need the 40 mg of Geodon at night.
So for now I am back on the exact schedule of meds I was on before all this happened. I am trusting that my old doctor was right and the loss of fluids caused the severe hypotension.
As far as waking up too early, that didn't happen last night. So maybe it was related to the low blood pressure. Who knows? We'll see what happens tonight.
Thanks to all of you who responded.
Marsha
Posted by bulldog2 on April 29, 2008, at 17:21:18
In reply to Re: Nardil : Help -suddenly I am very sick, posted by 4WD on April 29, 2008, at 16:52:00
> I am much better today. I went to see my wise old family doctor this morning. (He did a psychiatric residency at one point and prescribed Nardil a lot back then).
>
> He suggested that because I had had severe diarrhea for three days in a row, my fluids were depleted and that caused the sudden and abrupt drop in blood pressure.
>
> I didn't take any slep med last night. I didn't take the Trazadone to try and raise BP. But I am going to have to take trazadone. It does a lot more for me than act as a sleep aid. When I first started taking it, I noticed that a (wonderful) side effect was that it kept me from waking up scared. And I didn't take it last night and woke up this morning terrified. So I am going to go back on it.
>
> I am also returning to 45mg of Nardil. And I might reduce the Geodon from 80mg a day to 60. Not sure yet. I only took 20 last night instead of 40 and that may have contributed to my waking up so scared this morning. I think tonight I will take the full 100mg of trazadone and leave the Geodon at 20 instead of 40 and see what happens. if I wak up so scared again, I will know I need the 40 mg of Geodon at night.
>
> So for now I am back on the exact schedule of meds I was on before all this happened. I am trusting that my old doctor was right and the loss of fluids caused the severe hypotension.
>
> As far as waking up too early, that didn't happen last night. So maybe it was related to the low blood pressure. Who knows? We'll see what happens tonight.
>
> Thanks to all of you who responded.
>
> MarshaWhen you lost all the fluids you became depleted of sodium and that caused the low blood pressure.
Posted by Phillipa on April 29, 2008, at 23:01:43
In reply to Re: Nardil : Help -suddenly I am very sick, posted by 4WD on April 29, 2008, at 16:52:00
Marsha don't forget to let us know how you tomorrow okay. Love Phillipa
Posted by Jedi on April 30, 2008, at 1:52:23
In reply to Re: Nardil : Help -suddenly I am very sick, posted by 4WD on April 29, 2008, at 16:52:00
Marsha,
So glad you are feeling better. The diarrhea plus the several meds that can cause hypotension probably added up to a very bad day. As I remember, your BP runs rairly low anyway. Then when it goes much lower, you're going to feel sick. My BP runs borderline high, so the Nardil for me acts as a blood pressure medication and lowers it from 10 to 20 points. Keeps me off of the diaretics and beta blockers. I used to use trazodone for sleep. Now I'm on a very low dose of Seroquel(25mg), works every night for me. I may experiment with Traz again sometime, see what it feels like now. It used to really knock me for a loop, but then so does Seroquel.
Take care and be well,
Jedi> I am much better today. I went to see my wise old family doctor this morning. (He did a psychiatric residency at one point and prescribed Nardil a lot back then).
>
> He suggested that because I had had severe diarrhea for three days in a row, my fluids were depleted and that caused the sudden and abrupt drop in blood pressure.
>
> I didn't take any slep med last night. I didn't take the Trazadone to try and raise BP. But I am going to have to take trazadone. It does a lot more for me than act as a sleep aid. When I first started taking it, I noticed that a (wonderful) side effect was that it kept me from waking up scared. And I didn't take it last night and woke up this morning terrified. So I am going to go back on it.
>
> I am also returning to 45mg of Nardil. And I might reduce the Geodon from 80mg a day to 60. Not sure yet. I only took 20 last night instead of 40 and that may have contributed to my waking up so scared this morning. I think tonight I will take the full 100mg of trazadone and leave the Geodon at 20 instead of 40 and see what happens. if I wak up so scared again, I will know I need the 40 mg of Geodon at night.
>
> So for now I am back on the exact schedule of meds I was on before all this happened. I am trusting that my old doctor was right and the loss of fluids caused the severe hypotension.
>
> As far as waking up too early, that didn't happen last night. So maybe it was related to the low blood pressure. Who knows? We'll see what happens tonight.
>
> Thanks to all of you who responded.
>
> Marsha
Posted by 4WD on April 30, 2008, at 16:58:49
In reply to Re: Nardil : Help -suddenly I am very sick » 4WD, posted by Jedi on April 30, 2008, at 1:52:23
> Marsha,
> So glad you are feeling better. The diarrhea plus the several meds that can cause hypotension probably added up to a very bad day. As I remember, your BP runs rairly low anyway. Then when it goes much lower, you're going to feel sick. My BP runs borderline high, so the Nardil for me acts as a blood pressure medication and lowers it from 10 to 20 points. Keeps me off of the diaretics and beta blockers. I used to use trazodone for sleep. Now I'm on a very low dose of Seroquel(25mg), works every night for me. I may experiment with Traz again sometime, see what it feels like now. It used to really knock me for a loop, but then so does Seroquel.
> Take care and be well,
> Jedi
Hi,I am better today but having spells of depression and more scared than usual. I wonder if it could be from lowering the dose of Nardil for only two days. Seems hard to believe but there's nothing else to which to attribute it.
I bought a blood pressure monitor so I could keep track of how low my BP was going. Imagine my surprise when I found out that my BP in general is way too high. I'm getting readings of from 140 to 180 most of the day. Then this morning when I first got up I measured it because I felt very faint and it was 90/60 or so. Then I measured it standing when I felt really faint and it was 50/35. Sometimes when I feel faint and as if it's low, I measure it and it's high instead. I just don't understand. Can high blood pressure make you feel dizzy as well as low BP?
I called my internist and told him how it was fluctuating and he is setting me up for a tilt table test. I know it's from the Nardil. My BP always ran around 105/65 pretty steadily until I started taking Nardil. Now it's wildly abnormal in both ways. Go figure.
Marsha
Posted by Phillipa on April 30, 2008, at 19:21:55
In reply to Re: Nardil : Help -suddenly I am very sick, posted by 4WD on April 30, 2008, at 16:58:49
Marsha loss any weight? As mine has gone down since surgery. I was going to suggest you maybe keep some gatorade around for the faint times. I don't know if its common with high BP but will see. Love Phillipa
Posted by Phillipa on April 30, 2008, at 19:30:27
In reply to Re: Nardil : Help -suddenly I am very sick » 4WD, posted by Phillipa on April 30, 2008, at 19:21:55
Marsha check out the caffeine and anxiety? Could be the reason don't know. Love Phillipa
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Posted by 4WD on April 30, 2008, at 19:37:36
In reply to Re: Nardil : Help -suddenly I am very sick » 4WD, posted by Phillipa on April 30, 2008, at 19:21:55
> Marsha loss any weight? As mine has gone down since surgery. I was going to suggest you maybe keep some gatorade around for the faint times. I don't know if its common with high BP but will see. Love Phillipa
\funny you should mention gatorade. I have just started drinking it.
Marsha
Posted by Phillipa on April 30, 2008, at 20:28:32
In reply to Re: Nardil : Help -suddenly I am very sick » Phillipa, posted by 4WD on April 30, 2008, at 19:37:36
Marsha same wave length I guess. Given even in hospitals pedialyte also. Phillipa
Posted by RN320 on May 5, 2008, at 18:05:41
In reply to Nardil : Help -suddenly I am very sick, posted by 4WD on April 28, 2008, at 22:58:38
> Everything was great Saturday. Occasionally waking too early and occasional spells of low blood pressure. Then Sunday all hell broke loose.
>
> I went to bed Saturday night at 10 and woke up Sunday at 3:30 am. My blood pressure was so low I couldn't see or hear and had to walk with my head between my legs to the kitchen to get coffee. I was nauseated and after having the coffee I had severe diarrhea. I felt like crap all day. Diarrhea, nausea and low blood pressure. I only took two Nardil that day. I was afraid to take more.
>
> Then today it got worse. I went to bed last night at 9 (exhausted) went right to sleep and woke up at 1:30. I got up drank one cup of coffee, decided I couldn't make it. My blood pressure was even lower than Sunday. Again with the nausea and diarrhea. At 2:15 I took 1.5mg Xanax and went back to sleep from 3:30 to 5 when Iwoke again with extremely low blood pressure and nausea.
>
> I have been sick all day. I have taken three 1hour naps, and every time I get up I have the low blood pressure. I began to feel better about 8pm.
>
> I called my pdoc and asked for some sleep med that I could take if I woke up at 2am again. Also I thought it ought to be another med than the trazadone I've been using since trazadone can lower blood pressure and causes me to wake up with a hangover if I don't get 8 hours. AGain I took only 2 Nardil today.
>
> Something is suddenly very, very wrong. I called my pdoc and he called me in some Ambien. I asked what could be going on and he said perhaps an interaction between the Nardil and the Geodon I take since Geodon has some 5ht raising properties. But wouldn't that make my blood pressure higher not lower? And why would it start overnight?
>
> I am scared to death. I am scared of taking only 30mg of Nardil - pdoc said "but aren't you feeling more depressed?" when I told him I had lowered the dose? But I can't go on with this low blood pressure/nausea/waking up at 3 every morning. I don't know what to do.
>
> Should I just quit the trazadone? But then I'll definitely wake up too early. Should I continue at 30mg of Nardil instead of 45? But then I may get depressed again. And what's with the nausea?
>
> Meds:
>
> am: 15mg Nardil
> 20mg Geodon
> .75mg Klonopin
> 5mg Valium
>
> 4or 5 hours later : 15mg Nardil
> An hour after that: 20 mg Geodon
> .75 Klonopin
> 5 mg Valium
>
> And up to now 3pm 15mg Nardil
>
> Bedtime 100mg trazadone
> 40mg Geodon
>
> What's wrong with me? What's going on? How quickly will I lose my remission if I stay on 30mg of Nardil instead of 45? Why am I suddently nauseated? Why did my blood pressure suddenly get so extrememly low?
>
> And what should I doI am already tapering one med - Klonopin - and don't think I can taper Geodon at the same time as my pdoc suggested. Help...
>
> MarshaHi Marsha!
I too take an MAOI (EMSAM) along with Geodon and Trazadone. I had similar hypotensive reactions as I was ramping up my EMSAM dose. It took an almost life ending fall (woke up in an ICU with CPR bruises on my chest!)down the stairs at home- face first for my psychiatrist to demand that I get a new Internist (I hated my previous one who wrote off everything I had to say as due to "anxiety and depression" and missed all kinds of things like a huge parathyroid tumor, heart disease and diabetes to name a few....). My Psychiatrist referred me to an excellent Internist who immediately put me on Florinef 0.1mg every morning. It's a form of a steroid- fludrocortisone is the generic name- and even for people like me who happen to have underlying hypertension, it works really well and completely diminished my nausea, headaches and feelings of faintness within a couple of days if I remember correectly. Has anyone mnentioned that to you?
Best of luck, Marsha.
/RN320
Posted by Fivefires on May 8, 2008, at 17:27:00
In reply to Re: Nardil : Help -suddenly I am very sick, posted by 4WD on April 30, 2008, at 16:58:49
This is 5f lurking re: Nardil and I'm just very upset with what you 4WD are going through and, jeez, tell me you're better?
I haven't been on it, but nothing else has worked (Well, no. Love works. Butt, I can't find any of that lately!) and it's there at my pharmacy if I dare go for it.
Trazodone helped me sleep for years. Now I take Soma. The only thing my pdoc said would not work alongside Nardil, the only med I take I mean, is Flexeril. Odd thing it seems as Soma is a muscle relaxant as well.
Please don't feel you're causing me any distress. If there are problems with meds, I WAY WANT TO KNOW THEM; we're talking about our minds / our lives!
I especially need to know the ups and downs and risks as am quite alone and there's very little concern for me even by caregivers paid to give me care!
hope ur okay
5f
Posted by 4WD on May 8, 2008, at 17:57:53
In reply to Re: Nardil : Help -suddenly I am very sick, posted by Fivefires on May 8, 2008, at 17:27:00
Hi 5f.
I am better, yes. The dizzy spells have gotten better and the diarrhea and nausea have gone away. I went to my doc at the urgent care clinic and thought maybe I had had some kind of stomach virus and gotten dehydrated - thus causing the extreme low BP spells and nausea and waking up too early.
Nardil is working for me but I am having troubles. I feel absolutely great in the mornings but then I get scared and have to take benzos. They help for a little while but wear off quickly so I have to take some more. I think the benzos are contributing to the depression I am now feeling every afternoon. I wish the scaredness would go away and I wouldn't have to take benzos at all. The whole issue of benzos of what to take and how much and when is too much for me to deal with.
Trazdone does more than help me sleep. It keeps me from waking up with a jolt of fear in my stomach. That was a fortunate side effect I wasn't expecting.
I am very blessed to have a pdoc who actually cares. I wish you had one who provided more care for you - sounds like you're not exactly thrilled with the one you have.
But yes, I am through the crisis. When the Nardil is working, I feel normal and good and not depressed and energetic and motivated. If I didn't have to take benzos on top of it, I think I'd feel a lot better. But when you have endogenous scaredness, benzos are the only option I know of.
Hope you feel better soon.
Marsha
> This is 5f lurking re: Nardil and I'm just very upset with what you 4WD are going through and, jeez, tell me you're better?
>
> I haven't been on it, but nothing else has worked (Well, no. Love works. Butt, I can't find any of that lately!) and it's there at my pharmacy if I dare go for it.
>
> Trazodone helped me sleep for years. Now I take Soma. The only thing my pdoc said would not work alongside Nardil, the only med I take I mean, is Flexeril. Odd thing it seems as Soma is a muscle relaxant as well.
>
> Please don't feel you're causing me any distress. If there are problems with meds, I WAY WANT TO KNOW THEM; we're talking about our minds / our lives!
>
> I especially need to know the ups and downs and risks as am quite alone and there's very little concern for me even by caregivers paid to give me care!
>
> hope ur okay
>
> 5f
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