Posted by Lorraine on August 25, 2001, at 17:26:31
In reply to Re: Parnate stuff » Lorraine, posted by Elizabeth on August 25, 2001, at 11:48:56
[re stimulants] > I haven't had much of a chance to find out. I did take a very low dose of Cylert for about 6 months in college, and that seemed to be helpful.
That sounds promising. You might try them during a washout if your pdoc is willing. Was it helpful as in activating or as in cognitively?
Let's hope the insurance sorts itself out soon.> > > > The PDR says ...
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> > > CYA.
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> > That's what my pdoc said as well.
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> I'm really worried that I seem to be thinking like your pdoc. :-)Me too. :-) (although you both are pretty untraditional is some respects--he having dumped DSM categories entirely--and you recognizing your need to medicate with opiates).
> > > That's about how my BP was running when I was taking Parnate. FWIW, I did get headaches occasionally from low blood pressure, especially upon getting up out of bed in the morning.See now that's what I thought when I took that reading. And my orthostatic hypotension is pretty pronounced now (definately have to be careful standing up from a squatting position). Plus my "sluggishness" could be this, couldn't it? Maybe I should get some of those salt tablets. I wonder where you get them--seem unlikely for a health food store, don't they? Well, the internet will guide me.
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> > The time of day that I take the medication does have an effect on my sleeping. If I take it later than 12:30 pm I cannot go to sleep at night until very late (2am or 3am).
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> I think that after you've been taking it for a while, it won't matter (for better or for worse).for better, let's hope:-)
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> > Wait what is eczema?
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> Dermatitis -- skin inflammation. Causes include autoimmune reactions, repeated contact with irritants, fungal infection, etc.sounds a lot like my rash, doesn't it? So your's stayed until you quite Parnate?
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> > > Parnate contains the sulfate salt of tranylcypromine.
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> > I know. That's why I'm concerned.
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> Well...what other drugs have caused rashes for you, if any?Penicillan, anti-malarial med (not a sulfate); the stuff they scrub you down for surgery; and maybe, although, my memory is faint here sulfer antibiotics--
> > >The sympathomimetic effect (hyperventilation) is something you should adjust to after taking it for a while.You think? I'm concerned because I had hyperventialtion, then it went away, then it came back (maybe when I increased my dose to 15 mg?)
> > > Painting a house.
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> Well, good luck. What colour?I am somewhat of a colour freak. Each room is a different colour with a different colour trim. I mix some of my own paints from raw pigment (bet you didn't know that could be done, huh?) and do special paint techniques. I like for rooms to have a certain effect on mood (wouldn't you know?)
Anyway, the living room is maybe tobacco color, the dining alcove terracota with gold mixed in--gives you some idea. Pretty stuff actually.> :-) It's _Clinical Advances in MAOI Therapies_, Kennedy ed.
Thank you--another book for the collection.
> > > I sleep better on ADs than off them.OK, that's right because you are not atypical depression and I am.
> > > No, not RLS. I think I must have mentioned this before: I have a sleep disorder which causes me to retain skeletal muscle tone during REM sleep. As a result, I move around in my sleep trying to act out my dreams.
Do you wake up tired? Do your muscle get a chance to rebuild themselves?
Still holding even with Desipramine? I'm still waiting with the rash and then if that turns out ok, then I'll wait to see if I can increase my dosage very slowly over time and deal with the sleep problems. No headache today again.
Lorraine
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