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Posted by TriedEveryDrug on April 12, 2009, at 12:15:46
So I requested Nardil from my doc for SP.
Well, after a week and a half of Nardil of the full dose, I can feel it kick in.
But rather than feeling more friendly towards people, I'm feeling more confrontational.
People are making me more angry too, for small things that I'd probably just let slide before (maybe I didn't really want to let them slide, before, but now I'm making a production out of them)
I'm definitely getting more and more hostile towards people.
Is this normal? Will it subside?
Posted by Phillipa on April 12, 2009, at 12:35:09
In reply to Nardil kicking in for SP - not what I expected, posted by TriedEveryDrug on April 12, 2009, at 12:15:46
I don't know but depending on what you were on before could you have been holding things in and now they are coming out? What is hostile for you mean? Phillipa
Posted by SLS on April 12, 2009, at 12:48:25
In reply to Nardil kicking in for SP - not what I expected, posted by TriedEveryDrug on April 12, 2009, at 12:15:46
> I'm definitely getting more and more hostile towards people.
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> Is this normal? Will it subside?
GREAT QUESTION!!!You must first rule-out a bipolar manic reaction.
If mania or hypomania are ruled out, then what you are now feeling is, in my experience, perfectly normal.
You are finally without the social inhibition that kept you from being assertive in the past. Now that you find yourself with more intense and self-assured emotions, you must begin to find a balance between them. Remember, anger is not an emotion that you have had much need to deal with in the past. You don't yet have the tools to manage this anger. Yes, you might be aggressive. You might have to discipline yourself not to act on this anger impulsively. Eventually, you will find that fewer and fewer things trigger this anger.
Irritability is sometimes one of the first signs that someone is emerging out of depression.
- Scott
Posted by shasling on April 12, 2009, at 14:14:51
In reply to Re: Nardil kicking in for SP - not what I expected, posted by SLS on April 12, 2009, at 12:48:25
great answer,also as we mentioned you might want to try adding a low dose of gabentin,its generic now and pretty cheap,might help take the edge off and help your new found sociability turn more pleasing.
Posted by Zana on April 12, 2009, at 14:25:10
In reply to Re: Nardil kicking in for SP - not what I expected, posted by shasling on April 12, 2009, at 14:14:51
I agree about two things: ruling out a bipolar disorder and trying gabapentin to take the edge off the nardil. But I think you should definitely report the symptoms to your pdoc and see what they think.
Zanz
Posted by TriedEveryDrug on April 12, 2009, at 15:31:18
In reply to Re: Nardil kicking in for SP - not what I expected, posted by SLS on April 12, 2009, at 12:48:25
Hi Scott.
I don't feel manic or even hypomanic. I just feel 'normal'.
I think you are right. I've been inhibited so long that this is all very new for me. And you're definitely right I should not be impulsive about acting on the anger.more than I bargained for :D
thanks
t.e.d.> > I'm definitely getting more and more hostile towards people.
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> > Is this normal? Will it subside?
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> GREAT QUESTION!!!
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> You must first rule-out a bipolar manic reaction.
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> If mania or hypomania are ruled out, then what you are now feeling is, in my experience, perfectly normal.
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> You are finally without the social inhibition that kept you from being assertive in the past. Now that you find yourself with more intense and self-assured emotions, you must begin to find a balance between them. Remember, anger is not an emotion that you have had much need to deal with in the past. You don't yet have the tools to manage this anger. Yes, you might be aggressive. You might have to discipline yourself not to act on this anger impulsively. Eventually, you will find that fewer and fewer things trigger this anger.
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> Irritability is sometimes one of the first signs that someone is emerging out of depression.
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> - Scott
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Posted by Leo Brazil on April 15, 2009, at 20:03:04
In reply to Re: Nardil kicking in for SP - not what I expected, posted by TriedEveryDrug on April 12, 2009, at 15:31:18
The first thing you should ask yourself is if you're feeling comfortable with this reaction of the drug. If you're not, this might be some hypomania.
About a year ago I tried to take Remeron without a mood stabilizer and it made me so irritable that I had to stop.
Now I only take Neurontin for my Social Phobia.Best wishes,
Leo
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