Posted by KaraS on January 27, 2005, at 1:04:54
In reply to Re: Nardil - VERY SCARED - Willyee, posted by Maxime on January 26, 2005, at 20:01:46
> Hi. Actually when Parnate wasn't doing it's job my doctor told me to take it with a caffeine pill! I couldn't believe that a doctor would recommend that but he did. It helped marginally. That's when we tried Provigil, Ritalin and then Adderall XR. I feeling so exhausted on the Parnate. But I now I realise that most likely what I was feeling was depresion.
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> I'm starting the Nardil tonight. I will actually be taking Nardil and Parnate at the same time for a bit. Strange.
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> Thank you so much for your response. I really appreciate it.
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> > I cant flat out recomend this,because everyone is different.But i am fighting parnate poop out myself after failing on nardil in the past.
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> > One thing i use a lot of times with the parnate is a caffiene pill.
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> > Now i dont know about nardil,i understand it is thought to be more ir-reversable,and have a longer half life than parnate,as well as have reaction possablities more than parnate as well.
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> > All i can say is with parnate,at the most the caffeine helps greatly with parnate,at the least it wont make a difference,but i have zero problems using the two,but it may be something to ask about if the drowsiness is a big problem.
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> > I hesitated about caffiene at first,but then i looked at how much coffee and cola my family friends,and myself had consumed through a normal day,and it dident seem crazy anymore,i did cut out caffeine from other sources just to be on the safer side of daily intake.Youll actualy find some atricles where its believed caffeine has some protective effects on dopamine.Good luck.
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> > > Hi
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> > > I've been in denial for months now, but the Parnate is not working for me anymore. I didn't want to admit it because I've been on everything.
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> > > My doctor wants me to try Nardil again. I was on it before but had to stop it because the sedation was overbearing. I could not function. But now I am taking Adderall so maybe it won't be as bad.
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> > > But I am so scared about weight gain. You have no idea. I am anorexic and gaining weight is a huge issue. Unless you have had an eating disorder you cannot understand the fear I am going through even if there is a possibility that Nardil will bring me out of my depression.
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> > > How much weight will I gain? Does it make you crave food the way zyprexa does? Weight gain leds to self-injury for me.
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> > > For those of you who are on it, how many pounds have you gained. I need to know, please.
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> > > I've been crying all afternoon. I just don't know if I can handle this.
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> > > Please, tell me about the weight gain.
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Maxime,
Everything I've read also states the you need to wash out for one week when changing between Parnate and Nardil.I also wanted to let you know that i've read a couple of posts here on Nardil in the last couple of weeks where people have said that they managed to avoid the Nardil carb craving by keeping their blood sugar constant. One poster described being on an Atkins type diet that worked for him or her. You might want to look over all of the Nardil posts if you haven't already.
Good luck.
Kara
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