Posted by Caedmon on April 21, 2006, at 21:23:41
Here's my Parnate thread.
Background
23-year-old male in Salt Lake City, UT. One (1) friend and a 30 hour per week job, and I'm afraid of losing both. I'm a speech therapy assistant. Going to grad school this Fall.
Dx: Bipolar II w/ Tx-resistant atypical depression, social phobia (also Tx-resistant but I think that's normal for SP). *Probably* some subsyndromal inattentive ADD stuff, some vocal and motor tics (e.g. dermatotillomania, plus I like to say "kuh" and "guh"), subsyndromal OCD stuff (ESPECIALLY compulsive overeating). There's some other health stuff too like asthma and acne.
Sx: Feeling like @#$%, of course. Getting totally sick of apathy, lack of motivation and energy, hyperphagia, hypersomnia, SSRIs/SNRIs are sucking, and eerie anhedonia. Physical Sx of anxiety are controlled by Valium (diazepam), but I'm very avoidant and lacking in self-confidence. Desperately want to feel better in time for graduate school (starts in September).
Current Rx: Topamax 100mg, Valium (diazepam) 10mg, and now... Parnate.
Other Tx: In therapy (CBT emphasis), trying to get a jogging program going, yoga, journaling like a madman, fish oil 3 g epa/dha. Does laying in bed wishing the world didn't exist count as therapy?
Right now listening to: Nada Surf
_____________My scheduled titration is/was 2 days at 10mg, 7 days at 20mg, and then the remainder of the month at 30mg. I'm at 30mg today, my first day of it.
I'm excited about it, although some of my initial excitement has waned because it's not doing anything yet, not really. No significant effects or side effects. It initially raised my blood pressure by about 15 mm Hg but that's back to normal. The diet's really not hard.
I keep taking naps and I'm still all tired and 'blah'. I'm waiting for those "amphetamine-like properties" to kick in, because they sure haven't yet!
Thanks for reading.
- Chris
poster:Caedmon
thread:635693
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