Posted by adiaphora on February 19, 2010, at 17:51:36
Hello all,
I have been on Nardil (60 mg/day) for about ten months now and it would be hard to overstate how profound a change it has made on my life. I am posting today, however, in the hope that some of the longer-term MAOI users or biological savants who hang around here might help me out with a problem I am having that may or may not be connected w/ the Nardil; I can't seem to find anything directly on point either on Psychobabble or in PubMed or other literature searches, although I freely admit that my scientific background is extremely limited.So here goes: When I started Nardil, I almost immediately lost my appetite as well as a good fifty pounds. Finding only two attestations of similar cases in the medical literature (one w/ a geriatric patient, the other in studies w/ bulimics) and one on Psychobabble (from someone who, like me, exercised a great deal), I let the issue slide, especially after my weight and appetite leveled out, probably about four months ago. Over the last four or so months, though, I have developed some troublesome gastrointestinal disturbances: excessive gas, bloating after meals, and copious and really smelly (but not diarrheal) bowel movements. I don't have medical insurance but was finally able to see a GI, who has so far cleared me for celiac sprue, giardia and problems w/ fat digestion. I am still waiting on more tests (a Gram Stain and a fecal WBC) but I wonder if there is something in particular which the Nardil should have me concerned about?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks!
poster:adiaphora
thread:937402
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