Posted by blueboy on September 28, 2007, at 12:42:50
In reply to Re: Back on Nardil » blueboy, posted by Jedi on September 28, 2007, at 12:16:59
I took it for three years, LOL. I've been off it for a few months due to a full-body rash that scared my docs a bit.
I've never gotten manic, although a touch of hypomania is possible. I'm aware of bipolar symptoms and I think I'd recognize them in myself, at least in retrospect. The only time I've ever really gotten a nutso omnipotent-type delusion was when I tried another white powder in the 80s, LOL.
Actually, though, you do raise a point of difference, which is I don't get that constant rush of ideas from Nardil that you would associate with speed (or mania). Only the energy to focus on something, without concomitant increase in anxiety.
It's a productive thing, not manic. The primary difference isn't how I feel, but how much productive work I get done. Really, that's my biggest concern, being able to work.
> Blueboy,
> How long have you been back on Nardil? When I first started the medication, many years ago, I would get a hypomania feeling - similar to amphetamine type drugs. For me, this feeling, only lasted a few weeks and then I settled back down into just a less depressed and less anxious state. Many people will interpret this initial euphoria on Nardil as the true antidepressant response, but it is just a side effect. I must admit, that after many years of depression and dysthymia, that this euphoria felt very good. If this is what is what is going on with you, be careful with it. You can feel very omnipotent, spend money where you shouldn't, take chances you shouldn't, etc. This feeling should pass, don't interpret it as poop-out. Some doctors will try to have you quit Nardil because of this euphoria or hypomania. I would stick with it. It will pass. Some people have been on Nardil for 30+ years. It is the only medication that has worked for my treatment resistant atypical depression and dysthymia(double depression) plus social anxiety.
> Be Well,
> Jedi
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