Posted by shelliR on August 15, 2001, at 15:06:31
In reply to Re: PARNATE, has anyone who had a horrible start, posted by may_b on August 15, 2001, at 13:36:08
> Hi ShelliR
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> Here's my 2 cents, even though I don't meet your criteria very well, i.e.:
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> > on it, stuck to it and had a successful ending.
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> > It's been a week, I can't get higher than 10mg without feeling very tired and very sick in my stomach.
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> My first week was odd. Start day was great, like a caffeine buzz all day. Couldn't sleep. As the week wore on I got tired-er and tired-er. Sleep was a real scarcity. This I think caused some focus problems. But I noticed that my mood was brighter, I was more noise tolerant, and could handle my family easily. < g > However, I'm the one who had one local, bottled beer and the hypertensive crisis. Stopped Parnate afterward.
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> The good thing I can say about Parnate it that it bumped me out of the sad horrors. Am coasting for now. If the Beast (depression) returns, I am planning to go back on Parnate, with an emerg anti hypertensive in my possession (Captopril).
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> Sure hope it works for you. But I sure know about insufferable side effects, and trying to work while acclimatizing to a new AD.
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> Best wishes,
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> may_b
Hi May.In my searches last night to try to decide whether to continue parnate, or drop it (I decided to drop it), I searched parnate from back through 1998 on the PB search. I was looking for bad start, good finish, but in the process I came upon at least one person, maybe two, who had had spontaneous hypertensive crises, non-food related, after just starting parnate. So that is what may have happened to you. I had never heard of that before, but there may be more info on the internet about it.
I know it must have been an awful experience, but the good side is that very quickly you found out that parnate may be the right AD for you. (considered in some circles to be quick a miracle), if you can be ready for a hypertensive crisis and if the sleepiness goes away. I got one yes and one no re the sleepiness. I think if I had any sign that parnate made me feel less depressed, I would have stuck in there a little longer, but it just didn't add up to a good equation for me: no lessening of depression; intolerable side effects.
Thanks for writing, Shelli
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