Posted by stargazer2 on January 24, 2008, at 8:41:21
In reply to Re: Help Me Make the Case for Nardil » bleauberry, posted by tecknohed on January 23, 2008, at 20:24:52
BB, you can babble me if you would like. I have been on Nardil twice, and it along with Marplan are the only meds that have really helped me as a monotherapy. I tried most every other med (for TRD) alone and in combination and always felt that it was just a piece meal approach to my condition.
My doctor doesn't have any other patients on Nardil now either, but since I have seen him for close to 20 years, he knows my history pretty well. I think I have avoided being hospitalized by trying so many medications.
I can't explain it but Nardil, despite it's reputation, feels much safer to me than any other meds which made me worse in many times or more zombie like. Nardil has never done this which is one reason I feel comfortable with MAO's.
It did take a long time this year to get it right, but I'm finally stabalized at 60 mg with relatively few side effects, the worse being gas and weight gain, but I feel both are in control right now. Side effects in the beginning are usually much more difficult and then they subside to a more manageable level.
It still is worth trying Nardil, in my opinion. No better or worse than anything else you have tried. I am more afraid of the atypical AP's like Zyprexa, regarding long term effects, like TD.
I think drug companies hide the truth about side effects during the initial years of a drug's release, since that is when they make their billions. After that, you get the real story of what kind of damage results from these highly used "new" treatments.
You're better with something that has been around like Nardil than many of the newer drugs, with unproven and unpublished long term effects.
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