Posted by jedi on March 21, 2009, at 4:13:59
In reply to Re: Shy Guy Intro + Site Help » Elimino Pete, posted by Elimino Pete on March 21, 2009, at 0:00:53
Hi,
Do you really take 5mg of clonazepam(Klonopin) twice a day. A 10mg daily dose of this benzo would be huge. I have fairly severe social anxiety along with treatment resistant atypical depression. I am taking 75mg of Nardil daily. I was taking 2mg of clonazepam as an augmentor. But, I was developing some memory problems after years on clonazepam, so I am now down to .25mg per day. I should be completely off of clonazepam within a couple of weeks. I take 25mg of Seroquel nightly for Nardil induced insomnia.I have been on 45+ different combinations of medications. Nardil, in my humble opinion, is still the best for social anxiety and atypical depression. I was on Nardil years before and years after the formula change. They both worked well for these conditions.
One thing that is different for me, and I don't know if it has anything to do with the new formula; is I now have no hypomania when I first start Nardil after being off of it for a long time. I first used Nardil in 97 or 98 and when the med started working, I had hypomania - bordering on euphoria.
Anyway, I hope that EMSAM will work for you. It will probably have a lot lees side effects than Nardil.
Good Luck,
Jedi> Hi everyone and thanks in advance for listening.
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> First, I decided I was not in a good board for a response, so I hope this accomplished the effect of moving my post to where I'll likely be visiting most.
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> I am curious about other experiences with MAOIs. I'm on Emsam Patch 6 mg right now and getting perhaps subtle relief. I am trying to decide about whether to increase the Emsam dose or go back to Nardil, or consider Marplan. I was on Nardil for years, but went off it well before this formula problem I keep reading about. THAT concerns me. After years of no results on SSRIs and almost every other "newer" antidepressant out there, I decided to go back to the tried and true, but sad to hear it's not the same any longer.
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> For some related info, I have moderate to severe SP, GAD, ADD and depression that I consider a secondary effect to the other conditions. I'm middle-aged and also use Klonapin 5 mg bid, Inderal LA 120 mg (essential tremor & anxiety issues), and Adderall 5 mg bid. BTW, while my doc knows Adderall and MAOIs are technically contraindicated, he believes that in these smaller doses, the benefits may outweigh the risk. Hope he's right about that! I seem to tolerate the combination okay, best I can tell.
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> Below is the original post in "Newbies."
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> > Greetings,
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> > I am new here of course, and quite shy about this sort of thing. I hope to push myself to share and care with you. Dr. Bob's boards were highly recommended and after browsing a bit, I see why.
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> > I have a password manager that makes it easier to log on when I go to the site instead of waiting until I post. I am not the most computer literate, but thought I'd at least find the log-on link or page! Okay, I give up. Will one of you kindly take pity on the awkward freshman here and draw me a picture?
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> > Thanks...and Cheers!
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