Posted by rose45 on April 23, 2013, at 13:44:59
In reply to Re: nardil tolerance and ensuing cognitive problems » rose45, posted by jedi on April 22, 2013, at 9:51:15
Very interesting post, jedi.
I also have had depression pretty much all my life. It was in my family, both my mother and her father suffered from it. I remember as a child of 6, hiding in the toilets at break time at school, because I was afraid of the other children. I always did well academically, but not socially.At the age of 36, I began to have insomnia. I would sleep for 3- 4 hrs and then wake up and not be able to sleep again. It was exhausting, but since I am into meditation and yoga etc. I never thought of taking medication, but tried homeopathy etc. which never really helped.
10 years later, I had a major 'breakdown'... didnt understand what was happening, but became very very anxious, depressed and unable to function at all. There were events in my life which contributed to this, but I often wonder whether it was aggravated by taking temazepam, which I had discovered just about 6 months before.... I took it every 3 days or so for 6 months in total, and it stopped working at the time I had the breakdown .
In my case, when I went on the nardil, I became manic, although I didnt realise it, and none of the doctors mentioned it as a side effect.This was in 1990. It seems that only recently have they started admitting that antidepressants can make you manic- because they can now give you an antipsychotic to balance it out !At least, thats what my psychologist told me when we were discussing it.Anyway, I became very motivated, started a massage business and did very well for 20 years.So in my case, the medication brought more productivity than before.However, when the nardil stopped working 6 months ago, I became a suicidal wreck. The most nardil I have ever taken is 60 mg, and I cant imagine taking more than that, because the side effects are horrendous for me. I would stay on 60 mg for one month or so, and then reduce to 45 mg, and I was able to sleep without meds most of the time on that dose - though in the past 4 years, I had reduced to 30 mg, and that was my ideal dose from the point of view of fewer side effects etc.
Ive been on 30 mg parnate for 3 weeks or so and tomorrow I will suggest to the psychiatrist that we up it to 40 mg. I do feel better on it, and my psychiatrist has never given it to anyone, so he really doesnt have a clue about it. I will show him the documents which dr.ken gillman sent me re. taking your blood pressure etc.
I will keep you updated. Really hoping that parnate will work, but Im still not sure what to do about the sleeping problem, because i dont want to get addicted to benzos. Nothing is simple with this illness, is it ?
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