Posted by cubbybear on March 4, 2005, at 0:37:28
In reply to Re: klonopin as needed--any experiences?, posted by SLS on March 3, 2005, at 9:50:40
> Hi CubbyBear.
>
> In the absence of medication, is your anxiety episodic, or does it remain constant throught the day, day to day? Have you ever had a panic attack?
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> - Scott
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> Normally, MAOI Parnate kills off any and all symptomatic anxiety as it puts my depression into remission. If I were to discontinue the Parnate and try to go without it, the odds are 100-1 that within a few months if not less, something(s) in my personal life would trigger anxiety. It would probably build in intensity over a few days, and develop into a panic situation. There would be fluctuations during the day, with some days worse than others. But inevitably I would finally go over the cliff into a full-fledged depression/anxiety episode.Last month was a rare exception in which several things in my personal life added up to cause some break-through anxiety even while I was taking Parnate at my regular dose. Increasing it from 30-40 mg. killed the anxiety again. I stayed on the higher dose for a few weeks to get stabilized. But I wanted to see if I could go back to the lower dose without an anxiety relapse, so I did that about one week ago and am now keeping my fingers crossed. The original triggers of the anxiety have disappeared and my personal life is now OK, so hopefully, I can remain at the lower dose. I hope this answers your questions.
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