Posted by gardenergirl on November 22, 2004, at 8:08:19
In reply to Re: nifedipine » gardenergirl, posted by KaraS on November 22, 2004, at 3:05:33
Hi Kara,
Yes, it was a bit overwhelming at first. Do you cook? If you do it helps, cause you can have some idea already of the basics that go into certain dishes. The things I find that are the trickiest are salads, sauces, and multi-ingredient dishes like pastas, casseroles, crab cakes, etc. You can't go wrong with a steak, baked potato, and salad without cheese and dressing on the side.I don't carry nifedipine. I started out getting Nardil from my GP, and we never considered it. My pdoc didn't suggest it, and since reports have been mixed, and I am very very careful, I feel okay without it. I do wear a bracelet and have told a trusted few people at work and school what it means, so that if I do have to go to the ER, hopefully it wouldn't be so bad. It may help that I am a psych. intern, too. That may give me some credibility in the ER. Although I could be raving mad at the time.
I guess I mostly don't worry about it, because I think I have the restrictions managed well.
Good thought about acting as if you were already on Parnate. I "practiced" the diet restrictions while washing out my Celexa and Wellbutrin to make sure I could really do it. It was easier than I thought, although I do miss Irish Cheddar and Brie. :(
gg
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