Posted by Marginal on January 28, 2003, at 17:35:57
In reply to Nardil only works for a small number of people???, posted by Jack Smith on January 27, 2003, at 16:30:43
You'll see all slants on this board, on all meds, which makes it a good resource. The old adage "everyone's mileage will differ" stands strong.
I've gone through a lot of years and a lot of pdocs and lot of meds, and most pdocs RAVE about Nardil. But some are also skittish about the side effects, and use it all too infrequently.
Run searches on the 'net, and you'll find that Nardil has a huge success rate for CERTAIN types of depression and social phobias -- % points in the 80s and even 90s in some places, which is much better than the 50-60s that other meds claim. But again, the success rates for Nardil are lower in OTHER types of depressions. Other matters that are sometimes forgotten is dose -- I've read about patients who gave 60 mg a 4 month trial, only to give up in frustration. Some of these folks, if they'd gone up to 90 (the highest I've seen is 120), may very well have responded.
I'm on my second go-round, only up to Day 13. It will take many more weeks -- I'm told -- to see if it works for me again.
M
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