Posted by Justherself54 on September 9, 2008, at 20:25:30
In reply to Re: Parnate + Orthostatic Hypotension - HELP!!, posted by uncouth on September 9, 2008, at 19:18:46
Unfortunately I didn't get much out of the increase to 50 mg. It's hard to deal with the side effects. I eat a lot of fibre so I think that helped avoid the constipation. One other babbler who had extreme hypotension found that drinking small amounts of salt water seems to help. I've never tried it myself.
It's funny that you mention your muscles are weak and sore. I had weakness in my legs at times too. Plus, I have fibromyalgia and Parnate just didn't mix with it. I was doing some weird muscle clenching in my sleep that just flared it up constantly. I noticed as soon as I started titrating down my pain decreased.
You kinda get the feeling of being caught between a rock and a hard place...raising the dose to get benefit increases the side effects, lowering the dosage relieves some of the side effects, but isn't enough to handle the depression.
If I had achieved some partial response to 50 mg. I may have been able to tolerate the pain better, but it was to the point that I was having to hold onto my bed frame and walls to walk in the mornings and getting up from a sitting position was agony.
I know the feeling of dread with revisiting meds cause that's where I'm at too.
Hope things start to settle down for you and some of the side effects clear up or at least get manageable so you can start increasing. I've got my fingers crossed for you!
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