Posted by cubbybear on January 23, 2005, at 22:20:11
In reply to Re: How do you know if your AD is pooping out? » l » cubbybear, posted by Optimist on January 23, 2005, at 10:01:15
> Is the Parnate dosage increase and Xanax helping at all?
It's only 6 days since I increased the Parnate dosage so I imagine it's too soon to know about that. If it normally takes an AD about 3-4 weeks to kick in when you first start it, does the same time interval generally apply for dose increases much later on, would the improvement come faster, or --what's your take on this?
As far as the Xanax goes, I've found that the .25 mg. after bkfast and .25 mg. after lunch do absolutely nothing for me when the anxietty is bad, and the .50 mg. for sleep definitely don't prevent me from waking after about 3-4 hrs. (Nomally I sleep only 5 hours anyway). So I suspect that the benzo dosage should be raised, and I'll probably ask the dr. if I could switch to Klonopin for steadier, more long-lasting relief. I also have to force myself to be less fearful of taking it on a regular basis at times like this.
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> I think that many people with mood disorders have a distorted view of what real emotions feel like sometimes. After remission, if we feel any periods of transitory depression or anxiety it may freak us out a little. We may worry that it's more than temporary and will start deteriating any progress we may have made.
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> But, you have to remember even "normal" people have temporary periods of lowered mood and anxiety to extreme stressful events in their lives. If you're on an antidepressant or antianxiety medication it makes sense that there would be a breakthrough from time to time to stressful events.
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> Hope that helps :)
> > Brian
It definitely makes sense and several people have said this to me, but you know how it is--one can get all the reassurances in the world, but you'll still feel awful, panicky, and worried.
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