Posted by forgetful mary on February 8, 2006, at 16:17:21
In reply to Re: Parnate and a bunch of stuff (long but good), posted by willyee on February 8, 2006, at 8:28:27
Hi Willyee, I have been on Parnate about 2 months, and the anxiety only just started at 30 mg a day...I start a new job Monday and have to fly to training out of state, so because of that even more anxious but this anxiety feels like stomach in knots(I hate to fly so may use the lorazapam meds I keep for just such an event.)...can't say I ever had this symptom.....And I now have the same insomnia that I gave up with the new Nardil...When I took the old Nardil for 20 years I never really had anxiety or severe insomnia and had great motivation...BUMMER that it is no more!!!
I appreciate your advice and will keep trying , unofortunately have to cancel my pdoc appt as I will be at training so I'll have to grit my teeth and grin and bear it for a few days til after the training which lasts Mon thru thrusday!!> > Parnate givng me anxiety...dunno if I will stay on
> > it,Haven't had this for years!!! Even New Nardil didn't cause this! Anyone know if you can take ativan/lorazapam with it??
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> Parnate is creating anxiety for you? A few questions,first how long have you been on it?
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> If u just started it thats normal,its a jitterness that does get a million times better.If you have been on it a while,these are your options,remebering of course im so far from a doc im just a veteran user of this drug.....
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> A Most certainly,you should be able to add a benzo of your choice,xanax,klonopin the like to handle anxiety and excess stimulation from parnate.Only thing i recomend is dont use it concurently,meaning if u choose say valium,spae it out,dont dose both togther,take the valium (benzo) in a time fram when its taken alone,either before your parnate dose,or after,prob an hour would be good.
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> B Dont decrease,increase,parnate will actualy take on for most a more sedating effect at the higher doses than the lower ones,you might have even read of users who complain of miday naps or tiredness cause of parnate,most likly these users are at a fairly high dose range.
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> C Talk to ur doc of course.
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> Now what i found from myself and users here,is if u raise ur parnate dose,the anxiety of it subsides greatly,and u even become tired,weak etc......however at higher doses along with killing the anxiety u could be scarficing some anti depressant propeties too,i personaly am not a fan of extremely high parnate dosing.
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> Adding a slight sedative would be my recomendation,and the reason i said to space them out is parnate does play very well with benzos,and a lot of other sedating drugs,however i always found it best to take the parnate alone so it can do its thing and not be interpurupted,i mean it all ends up in the same place.
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> Last,personaly i havent found a medication yet,taken or heard that WORKS,that wont cause some sort of anxiety,usualy slight anxiety can be a good sign,if it can be treated.Its when a drug wont help u get out of bed and take a shower or go to work or interact is when i feel personaly it will be useless to me,and that is why i could never stay on a nardil (new nardil) trial.It just dident have enough to get me moving.
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