Posted by lillabella on May 25, 2013, at 10:47:46
In reply to What a difference 10 mg can make! [PARNATE], posted by vanvog on May 24, 2013, at 22:40:56
I have been following this board since the early 1990's and have definitely noted certain trends along the way.
I experienced my first bout of severe depression in 1980. My p-doc put me on Nardil and Halicon right away and with fantastic results. Too fantastic I'm afraid because I became very, very manic. The Halicon was a wonder med for sleeping as I was totally unable to sleep at all.
After 2 years I had to stop as my life was in ruins and I was not the same me. I went off the med cold turkey and it almost killed me. Swung into major depression and in my ignorance swore of all pyschoactive drugs. I had no idea that what I had experienced was mania. This was in an age when no one talked about mental illness and prozac had not even hit the market.
I suffered onward until the early 1990's with bouts of hypomania and lots of depression and anxiety. From this board which I discovered in 1993 I came to realize that I was bi-polar. A later diagnosis confirmed this and recently I have been given the diagnosis of ADD which didn't surprise me at all.
After trying every med available over the course of the last 20 years nothing, and I mean nothing worked until I went back to the MAOI's some 6 years ago and back to nardil. Yes it worded wonderfully and I was not as manic but a little hypomanic but the drug this time made me bloated with edemia plus 35 pound weight gain and lots of nodding off and sometimes blackouts. Discontinued that and went on to Parnate which worked like a miracle. Then after my doctor forced all kinds of other strong mood stabilizing drugs on me (all of which made me feel horrible) the parnate stopped working.
I don't think there is any grief in the mental illness world as bad as having the perfect med and knowing happiness and then having that happiness stolen from you. Because you remember the happiness and then you have this black depression and you hunger for the happiness but it is gone.
Anyway my point is that having studied this site for so many years I find it interesting that it is only in recent years that in particular Nardil and Parnate are showing up here more and more. And it is still puzzling why so many doctors are so afraid to prescribe it cause in my mind they are the only two magic bullets out there.
One question: if a med stops working is it ever, ever possible to get it working again???
Second question: I live in Canada and want to know if anyone else who does knows if it is possible to order nardil from a reputatable site?
Lastly if I go on Nardil again will I get as fat as I did several years ago? When I first took it way back in 1980 I actually lost weight. But I know the formula has changed.
Finally will any doctor prescribe nardil with a low dose stim? I have read of others who managed to get this combo from their doc but mine won't allow it.
Thanks and looking forward to some feedback any is appreciated as going through a dark time right now...........peace and love..........lillabella
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