Posted by john51 on September 4, 2008, at 7:00:59
In reply to Re: Best way to take Parnate?, posted by Justherself54 on September 3, 2008, at 19:38:12
> > Just wanted to let you all know that I stopped the Parnate yesterday. I simply could not stand the way it was making me feel. Now I don't know what to do next. I am totally depressed and miserasble and yet I feel very anxious all at the same time. I am also worried about what my pdoc is going to say when I tell him that I stopped.
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> > I just wish there was something I could do to feel better.
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> Can you take a benzo to help with the anxiety?
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> Did you just stop the Parnate cold turkey? If so, how are you feeling? I'm down to 30 mg and feel pretty horrible. Depressed, anxious, no appetite. If I knew it was just a couple of days, I would be tempted to take extra clonazapam and cold turkey it too. Let me know how you're doing. Take care.
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> PS, my pdoc doesn't know I'm going off it either but he knows I have had very little response to it, so I don't think he'll be too surprised.
>Okay, first of all I was only on the Parnate for 4 days (each one of them more miserable than the one before) at 30mg and YES I DID stop it cold turkey. Started feeling better (not better than my baseline, just not "destroyed" by the Parnate) the very first day without it. Today is day 4 w/o it. And, to answer your question I have been taking a benzo for a LONG TIME (clonazepam) and it helps somewhat with anxiety. My anxiety is more like an agitation....mixed with my depression.
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