Posted by Rocket Jackson on March 22, 2006, at 8:59:17
Good morning,
Well, I'm a little bummed to say I haven't noticed anything big on parnate yet, but I'm still holding out for the best. While I do feel like I have an overall better mood (particularly in the morning), I don't suffer from depression and haven't felt a major difference as far as the social anxiety goes. But I find that I'm debating myself as to whether I really AM feeling something, albeit just more subtley, as I don't have the same kind of fear I had before to actually leave my office at work. Definitely nothing pro-social, however, and I still feel pretty anxious in most social situations.
Since I've surpassed the one week point, I've gone ahead and raised my dose to 40mg/day (20mg at 6am, 10mg at 1pm, and 10mg at 7pm) to see if I might be a little sub-therapeutic. I found a post from back in '98 or '99 on this forum from Dr. Bob that suggested perhaps a lack of dreaming (from supressed REM) may indicated an appropriate dose of parnate. Has anyone else heard of or experienced this? I'm sure it's not a gold standard indicator but may be a possible effect among others.
Oddly enough, my sleep has been great since I moved my evening dose from 10pm to 7pm. I can fall asleep pretty easily around 10:30pm or so, sleep soundly all night, and wake up refreshed at 5:30-6am. I'm definitely pretty exhausted around late evening, however, which appears to be quite common from coming down off the quick amphetamine-like effect after dosing. I'm hoping this may surpass with time.
Anyway, just thought I'd post an update. I'll continue to do so periodically. Good luck to you all!
RJ
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