Posted by Erewhonian on January 3, 2012, at 11:05:54
In reply to Nardil - should I change brand/stop/go down and up, posted by reflecting on January 3, 2012, at 8:15:45
> I have a question for the Nardil experts here...
I wouldn't say I'm one of those, since I've never taken it, but I'm interested since I'm heading the same direction soon...
>I take 90mg of the Greenstone Nardil since some months now. It is helpful for my social anxiety, though not as drastically as I expected (or as I read it in other people's reports).
> It took a very long time until I got the good effects, still they are inconsistent.You've been on 90mg for how long exactly? Is the anxiety what you're primarily taking the nardil for?
> I do not really want to stop completely, as Nardil has better effects than anything I tried before. Should I try to change the brand maybe, to lower the dose or to go down with the dose and then up again to see if something is different then?
Supposedly the gavis/novel nardil has better absorption. It's possible you'd get more drug actually delivered into your blood per mg if you switched. The idea of switching manufacturers kinda bothers me if you're having a response (even if partial), but in this case there's only one other maker and their product is widely thought to be more potent, so maybe it wouldn't be a terrible idea.
Maybe draw some blood? I don't think there's a test to easily allow your doctor to directly find the level of nardil in your blood, but I think they can test the level of MAO inhibition in your platelets, which is an indirect indication.
Do you weight significantly more than 90kg/200lbs? Maybe you need more than the typical max dose. It doesn't seem to cause you the usual blood pressure problems (which I'd be more thankful for than worried), so I wouldn't think going over 90mg would be reckless, but your doctor might feel otherwise.
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