Posted by KaraS on January 3, 2005, at 23:44:33
In reply to Re: Floaters, hypotension and MAOIs » KaraS, posted by cubbybear on January 3, 2005, at 23:16:16
> , I also wanted to ask you if the Parnate caused you to have on-going hypotension and whether or not you ever had a hypertensive crisis on it.
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> I'm resending this post since I had a problem with the server earlier.
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> I never had a hypertensive crisis. Hypotension with very low blood pressure was always a problem for the first week or two after I restarted Parnate, but my pdoc said not to worry about it. After the first couple of weeks, my blood pressure would stabilize and is usually pretty good at around 120/80. However, I always get lightheaded if I crouch down for about a minute (e.g. to look at books on the lower shelves in a bookstore) then stand up. The feeling passes after about a minute.
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>I'm used to the orthostatic hypotension from my years on the tricyclics. If that's the worst of it, then I'll be fine.
Thanks,
K
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