Posted by Elizabeth on August 11, 2001, at 13:27:13
In reply to Re: parnate questions » Elizabeth, posted by shelliR on August 11, 2001, at 0:51:05
> ... But if my BP rises quicky from 100 to 160 then that's the time I would take nifedipine, I assume.
I think that 160 systolic was the number my pdoc told me to use.
> Because you don't know until you wait how high it will go, just that it is rising much higher than usual.
Exactly.
> I have digital arm one also, but I wouldn't want to take it with me to a restaurant, for example. I was thinking of the other because it would easily fit into my purse and it is less obtrustive. I don't have huge purses because what ever size I carry will fill up, anyway.
Heh. I carry a handbag that is big enough for me to have lots of useful stuff on me at all times (wallet, mosturising lotion, palm pilot, flashlight, sunglasses, lockpicks, etc. < g >). I carried around the BP monitor for a while when I first started each MAOI. After I'd been taking them for a while I felt comfortable leaving it at home unless I was going out of town. (It was just my luck not to have it when I had an episode while at a memorial service in Connecticut!).
> I was spoiled by nardil; it was like MAOI, what's the big deal. I have to start out at least a little more careful with parnate.
Don't let yourself go overboard, though. Anxiety can make your blood pressure go up too. :-)
> Well if the words come to you, please let me know. I could call the pdoc who said that to me next week, but he is so anti-opiates for depression.
I think it might just mean that the MAOI wouldn't be enough to prevent rebound depression if you stopped the OxyContin abruptly (which is why you shouldn't do that).
> It could be weeks and I have been in a lot of depressive pain.
You know, it's so nice that there's someone else here who "gets it" about how depression is analogous to nocioceptive pain. People give me such a hard time about using buprenorphine, but I really don't think there's any significant difference between using it for depression versus using it for chronic pain from an injury (for example).
-elizabeth
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