Posted by egg on January 22, 2009, at 18:25:28
In reply to Liver enzymes elevated due to Nardil, posted by 4WD on April 25, 2008, at 15:14:14
Am attempting to bring this thread back to life given my recent ALT and AST readings, which were approximately 9 times what they should have been -- and I'm asking for help. There's a big chance I'm going to be taken off Nardil and I have no idea where to go next.
A bit of background: Nardil is the only med that's ever controlled my PD. I've been taking it almost nonstop since 1984 (having lost two years of my life while doctors had me go the round of tricyclics and anti-p's). I couldn't walk in 1-inch heels without getting dizzy, wasn't able to complete sentences, had to stop working ... I lost everything.
Nardil's effects were immediate for me, although it took a good decade to crawl back to a mostly mainstream life.
Over the years I've attempted to go off Nardil completely, tried Knonopin alone (which I've taken with Nardil since 2003), and almost lost a job during a terrible experience with an SSRI (Paxil -- which worsened my insomnia, made my head feel like it was in a vise, and had me in a perpetual state of anxiety and heartburn).
I am currently under a great deal of work and health-related stress, know I need to find a new primary care physician -- one who is more empathetic with "P" patients than the one I've been seeing -- and am also searching for a new therapist. (I usually see a therapist on a short term basis when I'm under stress, like now. My last one disappeared. Really.)
Meanwhile, what med options are out there? I have enough Nardil for about three months and I need a game plan. I am seeing a homeopath and it's been my hope to get off Nardil eventually, but only when I am ready. I refuse to go back to where I was pre-Nardil. Ever.
Insight? Options?
I've been reading the boards since there was a Web, but I stopped posting years ago. I will not let that be the case again.
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