Back Up

So my mood has been "blech" for the past week. Yes, there are things that have happened in my life to contribute to it, but I still feel that a medication adjustment is necessary. I'm so blah at work that it's hard to engage and be interested in work. I have numerous interviews coming up for new projects and I can feel that there is no sparkle. My muscles are tense, I feel irritable. I'm going to increase the Nardil to 67.5mg. I wonder if any side effects will return since my body is now well-adjusted to the medication.

Up, then back down

Several weeks ago I increased the Nardil to 75mg because I still was not feeling relief from the underlying sadness, the dysthymia. I started at the end of August at around 67.5 mg, and in mid-September went all the way up to 75mg. I did notice some more aggravation of the existing side effects: lots of gas and release of gas, lower sex drive and more orgasm difficulty. These are problematic at my age and life situation. I'm single and dating. Can you imagine? These two side effects are embarrassing! However, even more detrimental, I started noticing that I didn't feel many emotions. My friend even mentioned this to me. I don't want to feel like a drone! I took 75mg for 11 days. I didn't notice any improvement in the dysthymia. In fact, I had a horrible week while on 75mg, in part due to the end of the summer, a season that I love so much. So I went down to 60mg. It's been 5 days on 60mg and I feel the side effects ameliorating a bit, my emotions returning, and no worsening of the dysthymia.