Posted by jedi on June 4, 2011, at 1:21:10
In reply to Nardil users: How fast was your titration?, posted by zonked on June 3, 2011, at 16:27:16
> How fast did you go up? The last two times I required a total of 90mg/day.
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> I am thinking of scheduling my follow up for two weeks to the day of initiating therapy (or thereabouts) to discuss this with the doc....I will be taking 15 t.i.d. (45 total) until then.
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> A little frustrating to wait, but that's part of the process, I suppose. :-)
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> -zz,
The first time I started Nardil, about 13 years ago, it took weeks to get to the effective dosage. The PDOC didn't know how I would react to the side effects or what final dosage I needed for efficacy.Subsequent titration of the medication, after being off Nardil for several months, has been much faster. I know how my body reacts to the medication and the dosage I am shooting for. By increasing quicker, I have less of a lag time to efficacy. I also have more intense initial side effects. For me, as an experienced user of the medication, the additional side effects are outweighed by achieving faster relief from the depression.
I have been off Nardil a half dozen time in 13 years for various reasons. I am one of the lucky ones that the medication always works for my major depression. I have augmented with various meds for the social anxiety, insomnia, and residual dysthymia; but Nardil has always knocked out the major depression.
Good luck and be well,
Jedi
Jedi
Treatment resistant, atypical, double depression with social anxiety.
Nardil + clonazepam
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