Posted by uncouth on October 31, 2008, at 10:27:59
In reply to Re: MAOI Experts: Combining Parnate with Selegilin, posted by JadeKelly on October 31, 2008, at 10:22:31
Well, I've been on parnate for two months. I moved to 40mg of parnate from 90 mg of Nardil which wasn't working (though I only gave the nardil 90mg for about a week and a half). I had bad side effects on Nardil. however, my pdoc did a overnight switch to 40mg of parnate, so I think the nardil effects were still somehow in my system for a week or two, as I had really bad side effects (orthostatic hypotension) at 40mg. That eventually went away after about three weeks, though I admit my mood was the best when i had the physical side effects.
Thats why i'm going back up to 50mg of parnate, and maybe 60. I think at 40 i definitely feel something and it is helpful, but it is only partial, i do feel a bit of a poop out.
I'm also on abilify and lithium. The abilify did help with the obsessive thoughts when i added it to parnate. I'm taking it at 5mg which seems to be the standard for a/d augmentation, though 10mg and 2mg are also used. It's a weird drug but I think it's worth every penny.
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