Posted by NYCguy on February 2, 2007, at 21:39:35
In reply to Parnate and abuse, posted by halcyondaze on February 2, 2007, at 17:27:29
This is very interesting. I've taken all the pstims for my ADD-i tendancies and so I know what that feels like. Are you guys saying that there isn't any other effect of Parnate other than the one you'd feel with amphetimine? It feels like it is working, but not fully. I'm waiting for it to "kick in" take the most of the blues away. If there is to be no more improvment except that of it being more stimulating the way taking more stims would be... man that stinks.
I'm being silly here I think, I haven't even been on this for 2 weeks and I'm getting all discouraged because I got down in the dumps this afternoon.
Here's another question: (I know... I'm just full of 'em!)You know how SSRIs work and then once they're in your system you just need to dose once a day and you feel pretty consistant effects? Well, does Parnate ever work like that, or is every day when you wake up going to feel like you are very depressed until you take your morning dose?
The way people explain how it works through MAO inhibition, you would think that this would be the primary mechanisim, not the stimulation effect.
> It's always nice to hear that I'm not alone in my Parnate abuse. Oftentimes I feel stupid because I am abusing an antidepressant but I find it SO amphetamine-like that I want to keep that "speed" feeling going so I take more.
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> I used to lie to my doctor and say it wasn't working for my depression just so I could take more, so she was Rx'ing 120 mg/day. This time, I became very aware of how bad it would be for me if the drug stopped working for depression so I did not lie to her to get her to write for more pills per day.
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> Everything I've read on Parnate warns about how it may induce drug-seeking behaviors and dose escalations characteristic of addiction, especially in substance abusers but there are so many people who swear up and down that it is not euphoric for them that I often wonder if there is something seriously wrong with me.
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> I don't know if it's physically addicting - it causes withdrawal when stopping, like any antidepressant does, but this doesn't mean it's "addicting" - but I find it profoundly psychologically addicting, and sometimes feel like my Parnate/Halcion combo is really just a "lite" version of my previous methamphetamine/heroin cocktail. I'm off illegal drugs but I'm still behaving in the same way. :( (though, actually, I do not abuse the Halcion)
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