Posted by missliz on April 20, 2007, at 18:11:05
In reply to Re: Generic tranylcypromine (Parnate) » missliz, posted by Jedi on April 20, 2007, at 15:18:28
Hey, I've been through all of it- and I know about the sleep. Going on Parnate can really be riding the dragon, and MAOIs take eight weeks. Too much can mess with your heart rythym, but the right amount is a true blessing. Desyryl does sleep and can be a good choice. I used a lot of that benzo based sleeping pill for several months. Give up anything with caffeine for a while, and you can always crank down the dose a bit. Or a lot.
I have my own evil stories with Seroquel, and I don't promote doing things without medical supervision, but you have a right to treatment as it's in your best interests. Get educated- and taper that Seroquel. You may find a few cognitive shockers, because Seroquel is mental herbicide while an MAOI is Miracle Gro. Do not ever just stop something cold turkey; your brain works hard and needs to adjust to things, it's touchy like that.
Go read Dr Gillmans site. I know Ken personally, and he's a great guy, on the patients side. You need to know what he has to say, he would give Parnate to his family. And psychiatrists are so influenced by drug companies, you need to educate yourself.
I have hundreds of files of stuff on this- but Psychotropical is a good starting place.
MAOIs will pick you up by the scruff of the neck and just shake that brain wiring into a new matrix. It's hard- and it's hard to know what to do with yourself being a lot better. But life can be so amazingly wonderful, and MAOI is nothing compared to what people with other illnesses put up with.
I'd just stay away from novel anti depressants. They have weird interactions with a lot of drugs and the headshrinkers are too lazy to read the instructions. Make you so fat your knees will blow out.
Good luck and safe journey. Hope it's wonderful in the Emerald City.
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