Posted by malcolm64 on May 11, 2007, at 18:46:04
In reply to Re: Parnate at 30 mgs - still nothing » Malcolm64, posted by Jedi on May 11, 2007, at 2:34:51
> > Well it's been close to two weeks since I started the Parnate and I'm up to 30 mgs and still...nothing. And no sleep problems either (not last night anyway).
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> Hi Malcolm,
> Two weeks is a very short time and 30mg is a ridiculously small dose if a person is treatment resistant. I see no reason to be on Parnate if you are not treatment resistant.
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> > I called my doc last night and he left me a message saying that he had actually been rather aggressive in terms of the dose I'm on, but is 30 mgs really an aggressive dose? I thought that I'd have to be in the 80-100 mg range.
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> Maybe your doc feels that 30mg is aggressive after only two weeks. Maybe he just plans to take you up slowly. I would ask him directly what his dosage plans are. If he is going to stop at 30mg, he is just wasting your time. I've been at 80mg for five weeks and I'm still not as well as on 90mg of Nardil. Of course, I'm in an experiment with a small sample size, n=1. My main side effect is still the daytime somnolence. I had to take a two hour nap to get through the day. If not for the weight gain side effect,I would be back on Nardil. Have you tried phenelzine? IMHO, when combined with clonazepam, it is the best for social anxiety.
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> > Of course, I won't know what he meant until I actually talk with him, but I'm getting awfully anxious, especially since I'm job hunting right now (and that alone can shoot someone's anxiety level sky high, especially someone with SA).
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> > Now I know that no one here knows me personally, but I'm just wondering if my frequent posts here are starting to come across as whining. Would you all let me know if does?
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> > Malcolm
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> Seems to me that you are just someone doing their best to find help. I don't think that anyone in this group would call that whining.
> Good Luck,
> JediJedi: thanks for that reassurance, sometimes it's hard to know. All I know is that ever since I started the Parnate I've lost interest in working out, which is one of the primary indicators of my mental health. I've always been addicted to fitness, so when I lose interest in working out, it's never a good sign.
Of course, as I mentioned in an earlier post, I'm job hunting and that's always a stressful situation, b/c employers make decisions on their own schedule, not on yours.
Plus I continue to do badly in job interviews (it's almost as if what's on my resume doesn't really reflect what I've done - like I'm making it all up). But that's b/c I can't F*CKING remember anything I've done and make it relevant to an employer. So why would anyone want to hire me when there are tons more qualified, competent people out there?
This situation causes me more grief than almost everything else combined. Given that you spend the majority of your day at work, what you do for a living matters a LOT in status-conscious Washington, DC (as it does in most major cities).
And it embarrasses me tremendously that I'm STILL on disability five years after my near-fatal suicide attempt. In a way, I feel like it's being on welfare.
So that's more background than I really feel comfortable sharing, but I figure no one can offer any meaningful advice without knowing all of the facts. So there they are.
Malcolm
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