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Posted by gilmourr on November 26, 2012, at 2:09:23
So lately on Nardil I've been feeling better/productive.
But I get brain shivers quite frequently. It kind of feels like when I'm in withdrawal, but I'm on this drug.. it's weird. The brain shivers literally are like shivvers like I feel cold. But my hands and feet and body is warm. It's like that feeling when you have the flu and you just feel like shivering.
The only thing I'm thinking is that it's a serotonin issue.. but I'm taking 45 mg of Nardil, so I don't see what's going on. Maybe brain shivers are caused by rapid binding/unbinding of serotonin receptors since I started, stopped, started Nardil.
Ideas? I'd take 5HTP but I can't. I'd take lithium if it wasn't for the fact that I've heard it makes you feel like a zombie + adds nausea.
Posted by jedi on November 26, 2012, at 2:55:35
In reply to Brain Shivers not Cold, more serotonin?, posted by gilmourr on November 26, 2012, at 2:09:23
I got those when I first started Nardil many years ago. Kind of like a "RUSH" feeling, but then I was hypo-manic at the time also. The hypomania went away after several months and so did the brain shivers. I've never had hypomania again on Nardil, even when being off of it for up to nine months. Actually kind of liked the feeling, but it is not the true Nardil antidepressant response.
Jedi
> So lately on Nardil I've been feeling better/productive.
>
> But I get brain shivers quite frequently. It kind of feels like when I'm in withdrawal, but I'm on this drug.. it's weird. The brain shivers literally are like shivvers like I feel cold. But my hands and feet and body is warm. It's like that feeling when you have the flu and you just feel like shivering.
>
> The only thing I'm thinking is that it's a serotonin issue.. but I'm taking 45 mg of Nardil, so I don't see what's going on. Maybe brain shivers are caused by rapid binding/unbinding of serotonin receptors since I started, stopped, started Nardil.
>
> Ideas? I'd take 5HTP but I can't. I'd take lithium if it wasn't for the fact that I've heard it makes you feel like a zombie + adds nausea.
Posted by neuroscience on November 26, 2012, at 3:40:49
In reply to Re: Brain Shivers not Cold, more serotonin? » gilmourr, posted by jedi on November 26, 2012, at 2:55:35
Maybe a paresthesia?
I remember about 8 years ago I used to get these "shocks" in my head that would happen as I was beginning to nod off to sleep. Luckily it only lasted a couple months and went away.
I think it had to do with the seroquel that I was on briefly.
Posted by Phillipa on November 26, 2012, at 8:33:03
In reply to Re: Brain Shivers not Cold, more serotonin? » gilmourr, posted by jedi on November 26, 2012, at 2:55:35
Jedi I've never heard this mentioned before. It doesn't sound pleasant to me. So nardil is still working well. So glad that it is. Phillipa
Posted by gilmourr on November 27, 2012, at 20:51:13
In reply to Re: Brain Shivers not Cold, more serotonin?, posted by neuroscience on November 26, 2012, at 3:40:49
YOU GUYS ARE SAYING YOU PUT UP WITH BRAIN SHIVERS EVERY 5-10 SECONDS FOR MONTHS?
omfg. This must be different because there's no way people live like this for months. I can't go outside I feel so tired from having shivers. It feels like brain shivers you get when you're in withdrawal.
I've never had this on nardil and nardil was working well, so wtf. Like it still is working well I just have brain shivers.
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