Posted by Tomatheus on April 30, 2013, at 16:17:21
In reply to Nardil agitation, depression, suicidal thoughts, posted by Daniell on April 30, 2013, at 15:27:46
Daniell,
I think that with the way that the Nardil that you've been taking has been affecting you that a medical professional should be monitoring you closely. Have you spoken with your prescribing doctor since you started getting the suicidal thoughts, agitation, and severe depression? If you haven't, I think that you should.
If I were taking Nardil and experiencing the things that you've reported experiencing in your post, then I don't think that I'd continue to take the medication if I had any choice in the matter. I know that medications sometimes have some unpleasant effects before their therapeutic benefits set in (and that's assuming that they do set in) and that in some cases it might be worth putting up with the unpleasant effects until they fade, but for me when the effects go from being unpleasant to intolerable (and I think that in your case, the effects that you've been noticing definitely sound like they're intolerable) I won't go on with the medication trial.
But seriously, the best person to go to for instructions on how to proceed is your prescribing doctor. And if you feel uncomfortable with what your doctor tells you to do, then do what you can to get another medical professional's opinion. You may understandably feel frustrated with the medical profession after the hospital that you called wouldn't admit you, but with the things that you've been experiencing lately, I think that you need to continue to reach out for help from those who are most qualified to assist you. And those individuals would be your doctor and any other mental health professionals who you may be seeing.
I'm really sorry that you're going through the things that you've written about here, and I hope that you find a way to get the assistance that you need from a medical/mental health professional who can attend to your needs and advise you properly.
T.
Conditions: schizoaffective disorder & probable idiopathic hypersomnia
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