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Posted by mark57 on June 9, 2004, at 4:14:02
I'm trying to find some information about how safe it is to take Nardil and Adderall together. I see a lot of warning on drug sites not to take Adderall with an MAOI, but I've seen some posts here where people do it. Is it really safe or have some people just been "lucky" to get away with doing it? I'm starting Nardil tomorrow but wish I could take Adderall too as my energy level is so low and I have trouble concentrating.
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Posted by Questionmark on June 10, 2004, at 19:24:50
In reply to Nardil and Adderall, posted by mark57 on June 9, 2004, at 4:14:02
> I'm trying to find some information about how safe it is to take Nardil and Adderall together. I see a lot of warning on drug sites not to take Adderall with an MAOI, but I've seen some posts here where people do it. Is it really safe or have some people just been "lucky" to get away with doing it? I'm starting Nardil tomorrow but wish I could take Adderall too as my energy level is so low and I have trouble concentrating.
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> Thanksi can take Ritalin (methylphenidate) on Nardil with basically the same effects as before (when not on Nardil), except for an increase in effects (of Ritalin) to some degree. Oh also, i usually take around 5 to 20 mg of Ritalin when i take it, which is intermittently; not consistently.
However, whenever i take even a small amount of Adderall on Nardil, the results are negative. i feel extremely weak and fatigued-- though not sleepy i think-- and nervous and unable to think clearly at all. It feels fairly opposite to how it felt when i was not on Nardil. (i generally take 5 to 10mg of Adderall; i would often take up to 20 or 30mg before Nardil). i imagine that a high or moderately high dose of Adderall would be extremely unpleasant on Nardil, and would quite possibly give me a hypertensive reaction. In fact it kind of makes me feel how i feel at the beginning of a hypertensive reaction-- before the headache comes on-- dizzy, weak, unable to think clearly, sweating, altered heart rate (can't tell whether low or high), etc.
It's interesting that Adderall is so much different than Ritalin is when on Nardil. i'm not sure why. Maybe because Adderall has a greater effect on norepinephrine than Ritalin? i dunno. i'm curious as to whether Adderall and dextroamphetamine are as dissimilar on Nardil as well, especially since the latter seems to be used with an MAOI fairly often (for a stimulant at least). Weird stuff.
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