Posted by bleauberry on September 7, 2009, at 19:05:32
In reply to Parnate day 1, posted by g_g_g_unit on September 6, 2009, at 22:23:00
Just a word of encouragement. My first day on Parnate 5mg did not feel good either. I could feel it kick in, and when it did I felt dysphoric and more depressed sort-of. I definitely didn't feel better, and definitely felt in some indescribable way worse than before I took it. For some reason, Adderall makes me depressed. Parnate felt kind of like that a little bit.
Anyway, later in the day I felt a little better after the amphetamine part of it was over. At that point I knew I wasn't going to repeat another dose the next day. I wasn't making a commitment anyway. I was just doing a curiosity dip the toes in the water kind of thing.
So imagine my surprise when I woke up the next morning and felt somehow different. Some of the badness I wake to every day was kind of not there. Something different was there. I wasn't sure if it was good or bad, but it was different, and whatever it was it was better that what I was accustomed to.
That day I felt more comfortable in my skin, socialized more, talked more, brain fog was less. That night I played guitar like wow.
I am very sensitive and not the usual biochemistry of most people here. So maybe I am not a good comparison or not, I don't know. I just wanted to encourage you to not let the first day distract you in any way.
Your single dose has already disabled MAO enzymes permanently, even if you never take another dose. They will be replaced with new enzymes if you don't take another dose. But until then, the MAOI activity of Parnate continues for several days, even though the Parnate in your system is long gone.
I did 3 more mini-tests. Each time was the same. A bad first day. A good second day. Still a good third day. Some sliding backwards starting the fourth day. All from a single dose.
This is just for your reference. Everyone is different.
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