u/purrcafe

My new favorite line ever.

Damn. Store is temporarily closed after problem with sprinkler system caused the roof to collapse. I don’t even think it’s been open for a month.

Currently on 75mg nardil. little over 2 months now. Got prescribed ambien for the insomnia. I've taken ambien before and it's always put me to sleep, but on Nardil I didn't even notice a difference. I was still waking up every hour or two.

Additionally, if it kicks in while you're still awake, ambien is known to give you a sort of pleasurable "high." This dreamy, hypnotic state known for causing unusual behavior is responsible for ambien's infamy.

Well, that pleasurable state of mind never occured on Nardil. Could barely tell I'd taken it.

Then, to my great surprise and dissatifcation, I awoke the next day to find my depression had/has competely returned (and then some) and it was as if my Nardil pills had no effect at all. Unfortunately, by the time I read another nardil-user describe the same thing with ambien, I'd already dosed the ambien for the second night in a row. Following a single dose of ambien, this user described a serious relapse of depression/anxiety lasting a couple days.

Haven't been able to find the comment again.

Has anyone else experienced this? It's awful and I'm praying it is, in fact, the ambien. Can't find much more info on this specific combination of drugs.

Thanks

I recently had surgery, which required me to taper and washout the Nardil that worked as a last resort for my MDD. As a result, I am once again terribly depressed as I continue to move back towards my regular dose.

This has me thinking about what could happen as patients on MAOI’s reach the age where serious illnesses that require medications contraindicated with MAOI’s occur?

It seems like a terrible Sophie’s Choice situation. Are we forced to obtain treatment without our antidepressants and live with crippling depression? Or, are we to refuse treatment, to suffer physically and possibly die while continuing to be treated with the only meds that were effective for us?