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Posted by pedr on October 7, 2009, at 9:20:56
Hi there,
for the last month or so I have been waking up having to pee a lot during the night. It took me about 2 weeks to realize that it wasn't transient and then another week to realize it might be the Nardil - duh. So I wiki'd Nardil and it says a S/E is urinary retention. That's not my problem. However, if you wiki urinary retention, it says:"Urinary retention is characterised by ... a sense of incomplete voiding ... As the bladder remains full, it may lead to incontinence, nocturia (need to urinate at night) and high frequency. "
Et voila, it's the Nardil. Waking up to pee a lot is not a serious S/E but it's leaving me tired every day. And when I say a lot, I mean _a lot_. Last night I went to bed at 11:30pm and woke at 12:30, 1:20, 2:40, 3:30, 4:00, 5:45 and 6:30 to pee. The toilet's downstairs though so at least I'm getting some exercise!
Anyway, sorry for blathering on but if anyone knows any tips/tricks then I'd like to hear them. And no, I am not drinking 14 pints of water just before bed. I do drink 5 or so cups of English tea a day but that's never caused this problem in the past.
Cheers,
Petep.s. from a brief PB search I believe this is the first post on Nardil night-time peeing. If not, kindly point me at a helpful thread.
Posted by Phillipa on October 7, 2009, at 10:37:24
In reply to The Nardil night-time peeing problem, posted by pedr on October 7, 2009, at 9:20:56
I do think it's a first. How annoying. Phillipa
Posted by atypical on October 7, 2009, at 14:03:45
In reply to The Nardil night-time peeing problem, posted by pedr on October 7, 2009, at 9:20:56
Pete,
Sounds like Nardil is kicking your butt with these side effects. I wish that they would have passed for you by now, especially this one because it disrupts your sleep. I have not had this reaction on either 60 or 75mg of Nardil. This page has some info on medications for it:
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20050115/315.html
Best wishes,
Atypical
Posted by Phillipa on October 7, 2009, at 19:49:47
In reply to Re: The Nardil night-time peeing problem, posted by atypical on October 7, 2009, at 14:03:45
It sounds like imcomplete emptying of the bladder to me? Phillipa
Posted by pedr on October 8, 2009, at 8:36:19
In reply to Re: The Nardil night-time peeing problem » pedr, posted by Phillipa on October 7, 2009, at 10:37:24
> I do think it's a first. How annoying. Phillipa
Yay, I've always wanted to be at the forefront of medical side-effects :)
Posted by pedr on October 8, 2009, at 8:50:27
In reply to Re: The Nardil night-time peeing problem, posted by atypical on October 7, 2009, at 14:03:45
> Pete,
>
> Sounds like Nardil is kicking your butt with these side effects.I'm getting a few but at least they're just annoying rather than distressing/depressing/untenable.
> I wish that they would have passed for you by now, especially this one because it disrupts your sleep.
A few seem to be passing or changing at least. The daytime somnolence is lessening on average and the time is changing. This could partly be down to the salt I'm now ingesting, I don't know. Either way it's an improvement.
I tell you a new one that's turned up that is slightly disturbing. When asleep I suddenly start shaking violently like I've just had a powerful electric shock - the whole ragdoll head snapping forwards and backwards routine. The other night it happened 4 times. I am a bit worried about that one. Don't want to tell my doc about it in case he pulls me off Nardil.
> I have not had this reaction on either 60 or 75mg of Nardil.
YMMV as they say and your mileage is pretty good!
> This page has some info on medications for it:
>
> http://www.aafp.org/afp/20050115/315.html
>
> Best wishes,
>
> AtypicalCheers for the link. Who knew that Cymbalta is prescribed to stop people peeing when they cough!?
Pete
Posted by atypical on October 8, 2009, at 9:45:15
In reply to Re: The Nardil night-time peeing problem » atypical, posted by pedr on October 8, 2009, at 8:50:27
> I tell you a new one that's turned up that is slightly disturbing. When asleep I suddenly start shaking violently like I've just had a powerful electric shock - the whole ragdoll head snapping forwards and backwards routine. The other night it happened 4 times. I am a bit worried about that one. Don't want to tell my doc about it in case he pulls me off Nardil.
>When I was on 75mg I think I could feel a very mild version something like that. Whenever I was very tired on the computer or about to fall asleep on couch I felt an extreme discomfort. No shaking, but perhaps I imagine if I increased dose it could escalate to that.
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