Posted by CoutureMan on October 29, 2007, at 1:38:04
In reply to Re: Anyone doing well on Marplan?, posted by brooke484 on October 28, 2007, at 10:17:16
Brooke, I may possibly try it in the future. I was at a NAMI meeting in San Francisco and talked to Dr. Terrence Ketter from the Stanford mood clinic. He says he uses Marplan alot and finds it has fewer side effects than Nardil. Hope it kicks in for you soon.
CM
> Well, I've been on it for 6 weeks now and I can't say it's doing anything really. I've only been taking 30 mgs for a week, so I guess I need to give that more time (I always have to increase it slowly). The anxiety that I did have in the beginning is gone, but the insomnia is still there and has gotten worse since I went up to 30 mgs. I think I average about 4-5 hours a night if I'm lucky. I think I'm going to try taking the second dose around 5 and see if that helps. Right now I'm taking it at bedtime. With Nardil, the higher I went the worse the side effects became. By the time I got to 60 mgs I was having palpitations and major anxiety. Marplan is nothing like that. My only real complaint is the insomnia.
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> And, my doctor wants me to take lamictal also, but so far I haven't. I prefer to try one medication at a time so I know which drug is doing what to me.
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> Are you thinking about trying it?
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> brooke
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