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Re: How many people have taken Parnate 100mg + ?

Posted by Dan Perkins on January 8, 2005, at 20:46:16

In reply to Re: How many people have taken Parnate 100mg + ?, posted by Willyee on January 8, 2005, at 19:50:10

It is pretty interesting that despite having some unpleasant side effects (like raging insomnia, blood pressure fluctuations, fatigue), you very rarely (almost never) hear people who have taken Parnate disparage it. Even when it poops out, people don't seem to really resent the drug like they do the SSRIs and SNRIs, they are mostly just bummed out that it isn't working for them anymore.

I have been on 15-20 differnet meds for depression, anxiety and ADD, and looking back I pretty much hate every one of those drugs, am bitter about having to take them and resent the doctors who prescribed them. Yet even though Parnate gave me insomnia, played games with my blood pressure, zonked me out in the afternoon, pooped out on me eventually and was a pain to withdraw from, I really still like the drug, would recommend it to others (to the extent that I recommend any drug), am happy that my pdoc prescribed and would be willing to give it another try.

My only theory for this (other than the possibility that it really is a better, more effective drug - at least for me) is that all of the bad stuff about MAOIs are pretty much known and any pdoc you go to will run down a list of side effects and warn you about how dangerous the drug can be and many times will flat out refuse to prescribe the drugs. On the other hand, SSRIs and SNRIs are touted as these miracle drugs that pdocs seem over eager to prescribe and you are lucky if they even mention the possible side effects (and when they do mention them they tell you that they occur very rarely and are no problem to deal with). And when you do report side effects from SSRIs or SNRIs your pdoc will often deny that they are even attributable to these drugs. So, months down the line, when you realize how potent the SSRIs and SNRIs really are, you can really resent that you weren't given a more accurate picture of these drugs before you started out.

I am speaking in general terms, but this is all directly from personal experiences that have happened to me time and again (for example, last 2 pdocs I have seen have recommended Effexor as a great drug with no noticable side effects). I also remember a pdoc I met with a few years ago reacting with disbelief that Zoloft pooped out on me. He told me that that was not a normal thing to happen and he was very shocked (pissed off AT ME more acurately).

> if you read through here,and other groups youll notice you dont see the consistent tourment like posts from parnate as you do with most of the meds,most times you see people on various ssris in total miseray,to the point you wonder why they are taking it.
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