Posted by SLS on January 17, 2008, at 6:15:20
In reply to Nardil pooping out?, posted by Justherself54 on January 9, 2008, at 22:30:15
> I think I'm just a tad paranoid! I have an upper respiratory infection (no fever) and am on a steroid inhaler and antibiotics, but I feel depression creeping back..just laid on the couch all day which is unusual for me since nardil..I've been sick for 8 days but for the last couple of days I've felt very depressed..can physical illness cause a MAOI to poop out? You have no idea how the thought of that scares the you know what out of me..
Episodes of physical illness can indeed produce medication "breakthrough"*, and even trigger a full relapse. My guess upon witnessing this phenomenon in a friend of mine is that you should eventually rebound and again respond robustly to treatment.* "breakthrough" is not a good thing. In this case, it means to relapse, partially or wholly, after establishing a stable antidepressant response.
It will pass. Let's just watch and see what happens. If you don't rebound quickly - within 3 weeks from the end of the physical illness - you might try adding Deplin before using anything that would have a smaller therapeutic window (efficacy + side effects).
Good luck.
- Scott
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