Posted by rvanson on April 26, 2007, at 14:30:06
In reply to Re: To rvanson, posted by deniseuk190466 on April 26, 2007, at 13:11:01
> Hi,
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> Thanks for your suggestions. I'm currently functioning but still don't feel as though I'm enjoying anything or looking forward to anything.
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> I think I took the full recommended dose of Nardil on all three occasions) I can't remember the dose for sure. I know I checked the recommended dose out on the internet the last time and just took it. The last time It wasn't recommended by my Doctor, I was desperate, wasn't taking anything, had a bottle of pills left from the time before and just decided to start taking it. It seemed to help with the anxiety but not with the depression and when I stopped taking it I felt very suicidal.
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> DeniseWell, the usual working dose for the "old" Nardil was 45 to 90 mg, with some taking even higher doses, but since the remformulation of Nardil in 2005, I understand it takes more of the medicine to be effective.
To be honest in my studies of the type of depression you seem to have, with adhedonia as a major component, a serotogenic medication like an SSRI, is usually not usually a good choice.
If you do live in the UK, as was suggested here, Reboxitine is an approved medication with the NHS there and I would suggest that as the next medication to try, to get a handle on this particular condition.
It's a very stimulating norepineprine reuptake medication with mild dopamine effects, so it might do the trick and since it isn't a controlled or addictive medication, and it should be fairly easy to obtain from a
doctor there.BTW, have you tried the A/D medication, Wellbutrin (Bupropion), as of yet?
Its also a good medication to try for adhedonic depressive symptoms, and it could be the ticket out of that hellish adhedonia, as well.
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