Posted by mantus on July 27, 2011, at 8:36:52
In reply to Re: Went off nardil 1 week ago. HR/BP problems persist » mantus, posted by Chris O on July 26, 2011, at 13:59:04
I appreciate everyone's response. I guess one of my biggest frustrations is that I still hold the delusion that I will again one day figure this all out, and return to the very active, sports crazy, person I used to be before the anxiety/depression entered its uglyl head since my 3rd year in college. I know that I should probably be acting more patient, but there was a time about a month ago when I became so fed up with doctors not listening to me and being scared that somehow I really developed POTS through all of this that every single day at some point I basically explode in anger, because I discontinued nardil willing to possibly enter lows in regards to anxiety and depression just so I could feel normally physically again. I did just completely cold turkey Nardil, which my p-doc (who claims that he has given nardil as much or more than any other p-doc in the country during his career) said it would be ok. For the most part, I have been ok, with the exception of about three days of a hellacious headache and vivid dreaming. However, no improvements at all noticed in my hr/bp. The past two days it has actually been as bad as ever, and yesterday i just became pissed and said, "well heart, if you are going to beat fast and hurt my chest I'll give you reason to do it." And went and ran some sprinting intervals which in the end probably wasn't the best idea. It seems like at several times in my struggles with anxiety/depression I have found some levels of strength to try new things (meditation, reading, therapy, eating incredibly healthy, exercise, etc.) But right now, I'm not doing so bad as far as anxiety/depression symptoms (i have absolutely no idea why because I would think they would be bad right now), but because I can't past this serious physical issue, i'm again being hindered from other forms of positive change I'm tryiing to create. I don't want to try therapy right now, because I know me and I will only talk about how pissed i am about the physical symptoms and can't really do any work mentally until it goes away. I know I am rambling, but probably the most scary part is that I just don't see this continued response in studies. It is not orthostatic hypotension, it is exactly the symptoms of POTS. My doctor said that at about 10 days all of Nardil is out of your body and the MAO is basically back to pre-Nardil levels, it is just for liability reasons that drug companies say that you must wait a full 14 days to try something new. However, I will not try anything, which viibryd is the potential med of choice, until this first goes away. Any further ideas, suggestions, or just responses would really help me as everyday I just find myself so angry and wanting to just scream.
Thanks again for your support,
Landon
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