Posted by tygereyes on April 5, 2006, at 10:30:03
In reply to I already messed up!, posted by Maxime on April 3, 2006, at 17:20:13
> Well I haven't been on Parnate since October so the food restrictions are not fresh in my mind. NOW they are.
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> For supper I had half a frozen dinner of thai seitan. La,la,la, I'm trying to eat at least 200 calories for the day. BAM! It hits me, there must be soy sauce in this. Yup. So I didn't wait for a reaction and I took 50 mg of thorazine. Soy is very bad for me with Parnate. It's one of the few food rules I have to observe.
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> So now I am going to remain more aware.
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> MaximeWhy did your doc choose Thorazine w/ Parnate instead of Nifedipine?
Also - you mentioned eating 200 calories. You need to be very, very careful with anorexia nervosa and Parnate. It is no joke. Back in October, Parnate's appetite-suppressing & amphetamine-like effects triggered a relapse into anorexia for me. I lost weight very rapidly (& began abusing the drug - upping the dose when the "speed-like" effect wore off). One night, I developed very severe orthostatic hypotension with syncope. I could not stand up and, when I tried, had a seizure. My blood pressure was so low that I should not have been alive. The doctor told me that this was the direct result of taking Parnate and being at a very low weight & engaging in restricting behavior. Please be careful.
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