Posted by ParnateStarted2008 on August 5, 2009, at 0:57:47
In reply to HELP .... extreme HYPOTENSION on NARDIL????, posted by UGOTTAHaveHOPE on August 4, 2009, at 14:31:00
> Two weeks ago, I increased from 45mg of Nardil to 75 ... I wanted to do it because one of my friends is 250 pounds (like me) and said he doesn't feel anything from Nardil unless he takes between 75-90. My current side effects are 1) daytime sedation, 2) insomnia, 3) extreme hunger, 4) constipation, and 5) hypotension. However, despite all these side effects, my mood appears to be better.
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> URGENT: Over the last two days, I have felt extreme hypotension. In other words, I felt the normal hypotension when getting up, but then I felt an extreme case of it 5-10 minutes later.Yesterday when I was at work, I got out of my car and was dizzy. The sun was bright and everything I saw was either very white or blacked out. I walked toward the entrance, and lost my balance twice, stumbling into the wall twice. When I entered the building, I fell up the stairs. This continued for another 10-15 minutes. I felt like I was dying. Then when I left, I also had another small bout with it. I ended brushing my car against a row of trash cans and also a yellow parking pole.
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> Again, I am used to feeling a little bit of hypotension every time I stand up, but nothing this extreme.
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> Any thoughts on what may have happened?
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> Anything I could do to remedy the situation?
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> THANKSHi,
I STARTED Nardil at 75mg/day (because of desperation). This side effect your feeling sounds extreamly similar to mine. It lasted 3 weeks then I was ok. After 75mg I slowly raised until 105mg without ever having hypotension "crisis'" again.
.. It was like BAM 75mg and WOW, I had to walk around like a 150 year old man crouched over for a long time until my body got used to it.
I hope your body gets used to Nardil and this side effect goes away.
I had many terrible times at the begining of 75mg where I was awake but blacked out or half blacked out. I answered my door once from a seated position and never saw the person, even after a minute..
Good luck, I hope your body can adjust soon.
PS. Your side effects "1) daytime sedation, 2) insomnia, 3) extreme hunger, 4) constipation, and 5) hypotension" were IdentiCaL to mine. Ask your Pharmasist for constipation help. Hunger sucks(a reason I quit it), Insomnia(sleeping pill merry go round), Daytime Fatigue was horrible for the first month and almost as horrible for the rest of the year I was on it. Alertec(provigil) wa smy only combatant (high provigil doses when driving or....)Good luck again, and now Im on Parnate which does not have the fatigue anymore.
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