Posted by malcolm664 on June 20, 2007, at 16:09:04
In reply to weird parnate side effects after one week, posted by missjulie on June 20, 2007, at 15:50:19
> Hey all... thanks for encouragement to stay on Parnate... I most definitely will give it a fair shot... I wrote originally to say I was disillusioned because I thought this was an "energizing" drug... may just be me but not hardly. It's extremely sedating so far.
> The dry mouth and insomnia I knew were coming and will live with... but here's the strange thing... I have to urinate constantly... at least 5 x a night, every ninety minutes on the dot last night. This is really tiresome and I hope it abates. I don't even know where it's all coming from, I don't drink that much liquid! please let me know if this happened to any of you. Other weird Parnate side effect - it apparently cures smoker's cough! I have pretty bad smokers cough which I totally deserve after 20+ years smoking cigarettes :( it is GONE. Wow, that's quite unexpected.>>Can't address the smoker's cough since I've never smoked, but the frequent urination is definitely a side effect. In my case, it's diminished quite a bit since I started it at the end of April.
And why would you ever think that an MAOI is energizing? After all, it's supposed to diminish anxiety and drugs that do that are by nature always sedating.
Strangely enough though, I've had four cups of very strong coffee today and it's 5 pm and I'm not fatigued yet. Yesterday, I drank a similar amount of caffeine and fell asleep while driving.
Perhaps it was being out in the sun (which does tend to make you fatigued, regardless of whether you're on any meds). But the fatigue can crawl up on you very quickly which is why it's best to be extra vigilant while driving.
Also, I haven't experienced the dry mouth at all, and I'm on 80 mgs (I went up 20 mgs yesterday).
Malcolm
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