Posted by uncouth on June 24, 2014, at 16:46:54
In reply to Re: Nardil stopped working, posted by atypical on June 24, 2014, at 12:50:48
I've been on the nardil for over two months now, and one month at 75mg. Are you saying each dose increase i will experience hypomania, or just when initiating? I am trying a cyclical ketogenic diet to help with weight gain, so far i've lost weight, because the first few weeks i gained a ton so had to put a stop to that. NO carbs now.
I'm a big guy, 225lbs. I only got orthostatic hypotension when I went up to 75mg. Now after 4 weeks, if anything, its felt like its pooped out on me. How high can one go...90 seems pretty standard. Again, its a bit complicated becuase we are also doing this experimental trial with disulfiram at the same time, so I know that has an impact. And I definitely want to avoid hypomania. I just had such a good response, feeling good, pro-social, no anxiety, interested in asking women out on dates, confident, and then the family stuff hit, and it caused some despair, like....no matter what I am on, even something that FINALLY seems to work after so long, i will never be able to totally escape the lifelong rejection my family continues to give me, even at age 34. I've had to spent so much of my own efforts in therapy, with medication, dealing with mental illness few understand (when I went home this time, the first thing my dad said when I mentioned my insomnia was "dont you think its time to get off those meds"...he's a late-stage alcoholic himself!).
Yeah i've done and am doing therapy, tons of it. Group and individual. I work out, go to church, bible study, don't drink anymore, pray, try to do healthy things, but the rage over being sh*t on for so many years still bubbles up from time to time.
I guess i was finally confident I was turning a corner with the nardil, and the reality hit...that medications won't ever solve all of it. But 10 years of therapy hasn't either? If anything, it makes me even more of an outsider dealing with my sick family -- because i see them for what they are.
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