Posted by Jennifer on June 16, 2000, at 1:36:50
In reply to Scared, but I have to stop all meds!, posted by Jennifer on June 13, 2000, at 2:53:28
It's Thursday, and I haven't taken any Nardil today. Saw the pdoc and he told me I could wean down over a few more days, but if I feel bad, it's just because I need it, not because I didn't go off it slow enough. So, I'm done. Got a bit scared driving 45 min to his office "my trapped feeling - can't turn around" and ended up taking 1mg of xanax. I think I started feeling scared and took the xanax to prove to myself that I can get through this...there's always xanax in my purse if I think I'm going to die. Just knowing that will help me to not need it. Even Charlie Brown's best friend Linus had a security blanket. Better luck, (ok not so good for everyone) I was supposed to take my Girl Scout troop mining tomorrow...talk about trapped! I was getting real nervous, then the phone rang and the miner broke his ribs and can't carry the ore. Had to change to doing some tye-dye art here in town. Yeah! I was of course very sympathetic to his pain, and said we would reschedule this fall (after I'm done with all this!) But at least I don't have to go out of town and supervise them in an overwhelming activity! I had scheduled it before all this other stuff came up.
At any rate, thank you all for your wonderful support. It's so nice to know you are all here if this becomes difficult! Thanks again! Jennifer> I don't know that anyone can really reply to this, but I'm up and feeling scared. Went to a magnificent endocrinologist today at Cedar Sinai Medical Center, after making the rounds with all my other doc's for the last 6 months. I went there because I felt I had Cushing's Disease. She told me out of every 100 that see her, only 1 has it. Well, she did my exam and reviewed my history for 1.5 hrs! She said she was severly suspicious that it was Cushing's, and wondered why nobody else noticed the symptoms...no one ever does when you seem depressed and have panic attacks. At any rate, she needs to do several tests, over a couple months. In order to do them, she needs me to discontinue ALL of my meds. No more Nardil, Aldactone, Xanax, or Pepcid. I'm feeling like this summer is going to be spent in the psych ward. She was very understanding about my reluctance to stop the meds, but I really do want to get to the reason I feel like crap. So I agreed to wean down the Nardil over 4-5 days. The Aldactone is no problem to DC, and I take the xanax infrequently enough that I shouldn't have any withdrawal symptoms. Does anyone have an idea on how fast I can wean down the Nardil and not feel awful? What type of withdrawal symptoms have any of you experienced? The faster I get off, the faster we can diagnose this, and get on with life. Thanks for any advice. Jennifer
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