Posted by myco on February 23, 2009, at 14:59:20
In reply to Re: Washout period from Nardil to Parnate? » myco, posted by mickapoo on February 23, 2009, at 13:55:01
ok...if youve experienced absolutely no benefit (this is defined as what YOU want/need in a med not really what your doc wants...it is your life not his/hers) then bail on the med but if you saw benefit during treatment that died at some point or got a "glimpse" of it along the way...you may want to continue to 90mg but thats a tough call as i'm sure the sides will get nastier at 90.
If you decide later to go back to nardil there is a chance it will not work the same (give you any benefit at all) or feel the same...this is common among AD users...especially those you switch over and over and over with little commitment. Although this doesnt always happen.
Yes the sides will be pretty much the same going back on and it will take time again to go through them and adjust. For me the nardil sides came and went in 2 weeks in a strange order or cycle as I called it...always ending a GABA kick or relaxation. If you took 5 months to get over them, as you said, it will most likely take the same...although then you would know what to expect and would probably (psycologically anyway) find them easier to deal with (ie no surprises). 5 months says you are very med sensitive and I would suggest you go slow when you taper nardil and start slow when you begin parnate...for your own sanity.
:-)
myco
> My only other choice is to increase Nardil to 90 mg and see how that goes. But my psychiatrist doesn't think it will help.
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> One of my biggest questions is, being that I have been on Nardil for 7 months and all the side effects have gone away, if I start Parnate and say end up going back to Nardil in a few months, will I have the same side effects all over again? And will it take me 5 months to get over them like it did the last time?
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