Posted by Rocket Jackson on March 22, 2006, at 13:07:30
In reply to Re: Parnate day #8 update » Rocket Jackson, posted by TylerJ on March 22, 2006, at 10:40:42
> > Good morning,
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > Anyway, just thought I'd post an update. I'll continue to do so periodically. Good luck to you all!
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> > RJ
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> Sounds promising...and you're still way early in the game. The first day I felt anything was day Ten at 60 mgs. Try something for a few days, take 30 in morn. and 10-20 at noon, if this doesn't help try 40 or 50 all in morn. It's not going to hurt anything, and my guess is you'll be pleasently surprised! Keep up the good work. :)
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> TylerThanks, Tyler. I appreciate the advice. Your dosing recommendation sounds like a good one. Did you ever notice the "buzzy" feeling in the morning and then sort of a "crash" in the later afternoon? It's not terrible exhaustion, but sometimes is a bit limiting in terms of motivation to get things done.
And was it pretty much nothing until day 10 when you awoke with the full effect? That's amazing. I'm looking forward to that day. :) It definitely sounds the feeling you get when it works is unmistakable.
Thanks again for all your input. Take care!
RJ
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