Posted by malcolm64 on May 10, 2007, at 23:46:33
In reply to Re: It's attacking me again » Malcolm64, posted by Quintal on May 10, 2007, at 22:34:47
> Malcolm, when I first started Parnate it made me much worse, in fact I went into a deep depression and became suicidal. The only reason it lifted was because I raised the dose to 40mg and it went away. That's why I would not go back to the 30mg dose as my pdoc wanted. Hope you can try to understand this is probably a reaction to the drug, and it will pass in a few days.
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> QWell, I certainly hope that you're right. The unanswered question, of course, is whether if it worked for you at 40 mgs, will it work for me at the same dosage or do I need to be on something higher? And if the "something higher" does in fact work, will the results be sustainable indefinitely.
B/C the last thing I would want to experience is the 'poop out' that happened when I was on Nardil a year ago. I know, I know that I keep going on and on and on about how wonderful it was, but the effects were indescribable. Imagine after all of these years of living under a shell and finally finding something that worked, only to have it disappear in a few short weeks.
You can only imagine my disappointment! And my doc tells me that if I experience the same hypomanic reaction to the Parnate, it also won't last indefinitely. So the best I can hope for is to find another drug that I can take to augment the Parnate that will hopefully extend the effect as much as possible.
Unfortunately, there's so much hype with most meds that all they really end up offering is false, temporary hope.
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