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Posted by ebethsb on August 21, 2013, at 19:01:52
A little backstory. I'm 29 and have been depressed as long as I can remember. I never had motivation or a desire to do anything. I've been on every SSRI available with no help. Wellbutrin and Effexor helped some but not enough.
I went to a new doctor over Christmas and she put me on Seligiline. It was great, but I started developing migraine headaches so I had to discontinue. She put me on Nardil, 15mg 3 times a day about 7 weeks ago. I started to feel better than I ever had in my life. No side effects at all. At my next appointment she thought we should double to the dosage. Huge mistake. I was sleeping 24/7, no energy, extreme constipation, listlessness. So, she brought be back down last week to the 60mg and added Wellbutrin CR 200 mg to help with the tiredness. Since we doubled the dosage everything has screwed up and continues to be so even after it went back down and we added Wellbutrin. I could literally sleep 20 hours a day. I'm so depressed, I don't want to do anything, I don't care about anything, I'm not interested in anything. If I have a spare moment instead of reading or watching TV or texting a friend, I'll sleep. Even if its for 20 minutes and I sleep on the floor. I had a hypertensive crisis the other day from taking Adderall (that actually makes me feel so hope about life) and I found myself wishing it would kill me. If never kill myself but if I were to die naturally I wouldn't care. I called my doctor and she said wait it out. I don't see how when I'm tired 24/7, have a horrible taste in my dry mouth, and am having to force myself to pee. I'm also living on Butterfingers and McFlurries because that's all that tastes good to me.
Posted by Phillipa on August 22, 2013, at 9:56:20
In reply to Nardil and Wellbutrin SR making depression worse?, posted by ebethsb on August 21, 2013, at 19:01:52
I feel another call to your doc is in order. You sound really depressed. Phillipa
Posted by atypical on August 24, 2013, at 18:01:38
In reply to Nardil and Wellbutrin SR making depression worse?, posted by ebethsb on August 21, 2013, at 19:01:52
Not sure why she would double the Nardil dose on you. It's an effective med but has a lot of side effects. 60mg is an appropriate dose. It takes months for your body to adjust to the side effects but they can go away.
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