Posted by Justherself54 on September 21, 2007, at 18:57:18
In reply to Re: med change, posted by rskontos on September 21, 2007, at 18:03:00
> That is why I don't want another SSRI is the carb crave and my topamax could not offset it. I wanted candy so bad while I was on it. I had lost a significant amount of weight on topamax so I could afford it but whew not another SSRI. So any p-doc I see that wants to att that I don't think so. Is parnate good for anxiety? HOpefully? As I am getting close to that menopausal state I don't anything that messes with weight issues.
I haven't been able to take a high enough dose of Parnate yet to compare anti-anxiety properties..at 20 mg. I was still not very social, but that is also my nature..I was able to cope fairly well with anxiety..but still felt I had to ramp it up one more "notch" to try to get more benefit from it..that being said, Parnate is not without it's own little glitches..nausea, hypotension, dietary and medication restrictions, afternoon fatigue..but the focus and concentration I had was much better than any SSRI I've been on..it's what you're willing to "trade off". Would I rather be able to stay on task and complete a project than be more social..for me yes..do I put up with dietary restrictions and nausea than eat myself into oblivion..yes..
Hope this helps a bit.
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