Posted by PilledOut on July 5, 2016, at 11:49:52
I've been taking Nardil (Greenstone) for a month and a half. I started on 7.5mg because I'm sensitive to meds, and have been titrating up. For the past week or so, I've been on 45mg.
A few days after I started on 45mg, I started getting some side effects. I didn't really get side effects before, probably because the dosage was low. The side effects got more severe as I continued on the 45mg. Like tricyclics, Nardil seems to have an additive effect - each day's worth builds on the previous days', and the druggy feeling accumulates and increases. This is an interesting aspect of Nardil and tricylics that I haven't felt on other antidepressants.
Anyway, I had the oddest and most severe side effects yesterday. I took Nardil in the morning, and a few hours later, I started feeling very drugged out, I felt wobbly when I stood up, and I felt hazy. Sometimes I walked REALLY slowly. I had a feeling of stupor, like nothing mattered. Things felt unreal. On the bus, the weird feelings got so severe I wondered if I should call 911 or at least go home. None of it felt scary, painful, or unpleasant, though. Occasionally I felt sharp but not-painful stabs in my temples.
But the most extreme and bizarre side effect yesterday was that loud noises felt particularly loud, stood out sharply from other noises, and had a discrete, "tinny" feel. It was so weird and hard to describe. The noises almost felt trippy. At a movie theatre, the loud noises really stood out. At one point in the movie, there were obvious crackling sounds that were really weird. I asked my friend about it, and he said they were part of the movie. But I think I experienced the crackling sounds much more strongly and distinctly than others. The loud sounds thing and other side effects died down the rest of the day, but when I woke up the next day, things continued to sound loud and weird to me.
So should I continue Nardil or give up on it? The side effects were pretty severe and weird, but not unpleasant. Nardil seems to wash out all unpleasantness. It's like I'm always feeling decent, without the usual pain and anxiety that I used to have. I have a feeling of stupor, like I don't care about anything, though.
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