Posted by Ken Blades on March 2, 2007, at 10:20:19
In reply to Re: On Parnate for nine years, Ken. » Ken Blades, posted by Crazy Horse on March 2, 2007, at 9:17:24
Hi Monte~When I started Parnate, I had a fast
heartbeat that seemed like it was
pounding; it would keep me awake
or wake me up. This has basically
disappeared. I've never been on
the high doses you've had, though
I'd love to try it just to see how
I felt.I did have some insomnia at first
that eventually improved to just
light sleep and eventually my sleep
normalized.The afternoon fatigue....THE bugaboo
that never seems to disappear and
seems to exist at most dose levels.
I think this is one of the side
effects that leads people to quit
Parnate.The only things I can do to 'work
through' the afternoon fatigue is
to have two cups of coffee and
be more active than sitting at
the desk. It's not a perfect
solution because I still feel
less than totally alert, but
it does help.I've been at 70mg/day for
nine years, so I can't say
for sure whether your reducing
your daily dose to 60-80mg. will
lessen the insomnia and afternoon
fatigue. It might lessen the
severity of the afternoon fatigue,
being able to fight it a bit whereas
the higher dose afternoon fatigue may
not be in your power to do anything
about. And then there is theThere isn't anything else that has
helped me other than the unavailable
trial drug I had years ago, so I
don't have any choice; either put up
with the negative aspects of Parnate
or quit it. If I quit it I don't want
to think of what would happen... :>{Let's hope that someday soon 'they'
come up with something just as effective
as Parnate for us MAOI types minus the
afternoon fatigue and sleep effects.Sorry I didn't have much to suggest Monte...
you have a lot of company though.
poster:Ken Blades
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