Posted by stargazer2 on July 13, 2007, at 12:43:47
In reply to Re: Awful, pounding headache on Nardil/GI78 » stargazer2, posted by girlnterrupted78 on July 13, 2007, at 11:28:01
GI,that is the downside of this type of forum, misunderstanding, but I got the whole picture.
I know you went from 45 to 90 with a few doses of 60 thrown in there...The bottom line is that MAO increases should be done no more frequently than once a week at the next level, not skipping or doubling the dosage. I believe your doc made a serious mistake by increasing you so rapidly.
A pounding headache is one to be taken seriously so that is why you were sent to the ER. The liklihood of it being a reaction to food eaten with MAO's is a typical scenerio for a hypertensive crisis, but in your case, the dosage increase was the culprit, not a food reaction. Hopefully you are back to 45 or 60 and will increase only 15 mg at a time from now on.
What does your pdoc say about all of this????That is the bottom line.
Stargazer
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