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Posted by reflecting on February 7, 2012, at 21:51:14
Hey,
since 90mg do only a mediocre job, I increased recently to 105mg.
Do I have to wait now for 6 weeks again to see if things change? Or can I expect changes faster?
Best,
reflecting
Posted by EERR11CC on February 9, 2012, at 20:14:33
In reply to For the Nardil-Experts: Higher Dose, posted by reflecting on February 7, 2012, at 21:51:14
I think you should see them faster, in that if you don't you might want to increase again before 6 weeks is up, after all it doesn't matter much what dose works just that one does, and you can always decrease.
Posted by Lifelover on February 10, 2012, at 2:38:10
In reply to For the Nardil-Experts: Higher Dose, posted by reflecting on February 7, 2012, at 21:51:14
From personal experience, 90mg puts social anxiety in around 80 percent remission for me on a consistent basis sometimes higher. when i went up to 120mg, without telling my doctor it was more like 90 to 100 percent, on some days ot was like complete remission of all symptoms. In my experience it has a lot to do with how ur taking ur dose. i noticed less of an effect if i spread my doses out to smaller ones 3 times a day, and greater of an effect if i took just 2 larger doses. As far as how long ul have to wait, for me i noticed a major change the day i heightened up the dose. But this was because i took 4 pills twice a day which causes euphoria. I do not recomend taking that much because doctors genaraly dont support taking that many pills at one time. I also augmented nardil with high doses of 5htp which helped me but hurt me at the same time. again i do not recomend this as there is no real medical documentation on it. I will be starting nardil again soon this time augmenting with lithium. Feel free to ask any questions.
Posted by reflecting on February 12, 2012, at 6:31:57
In reply to Re: For the Nardil-Experts: Higher Dose, posted by Lifelover on February 10, 2012, at 2:38:10
Thanks for your answers.
I upped it to 120mg some days ago (the max my doc wants to go). I want to know the maximum effect which is possible. Until now there is not much of a difference.
I had the famous Nardil euphoria after upping dose as well after going to the 90mg - this time not, however... which is maybe better, since it is always very disappointing when the euphoria ultimately declines.I am suprised that the side effects are okay, despite the high dose - only the sexual effects really bother me, but they will hopefully vanish in the longer run.
Posted by SLS on February 12, 2012, at 6:43:36
In reply to Re: For the Nardil-Experts: Higher Dose, posted by Lifelover on February 10, 2012, at 2:38:10
Maybe your success with taking larger doses of Nardil is the result of greater penetration into the brain as peak blood-levels are higher. It doesn't matter too much what happens after that. The subsequent fall in blood-levels would have less impact on the amount of MAO inhibition once it is achieved.
Just a thought...
- Scott
Posted by ed_uk2010 on February 12, 2012, at 13:07:09
In reply to Re: For the Nardil-Experts: Higher Dose » Lifelover, posted by SLS on February 12, 2012, at 6:43:36
>Maybe your success with taking larger doses of Nardil is the result of greater penetration into the brain as peak blood-levels are higher. It doesn't matter too much what happens after that. The subsequent fall in blood-levels would have less impact on the amount of MAO inhibition once it is achieved.
Good point - irreversible MAOI.
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