Posted by ColoradoSnowflake on September 11, 2009, at 12:34:21
In reply to Re: question about Parnate insomnia, posted by g_g_g_unit on September 11, 2009, at 7:23:01
ggg:
I'm in my 5th month of Parnate and I have never experienced any insomnia at all!!!!! I'm up to 60mg/day Parnate. My sleep is getting deeper as time goes on. I take 25mg nortriptyline about 6pm. I also take 200mg Provigil over the day, and can take some as late as 4pm and still have no sleep issues.
I was afraid of insomnia also because it has always been a big problem for me. That's why I started with amytriptyline instead of nortriptyline. I did NOT want to experience insomnai. I was sort of afraid of it.
My Parnate didn't really kick in for me until I let go of the amytriptyline and made that switch to nortrip.
I was also really really tired and lazy and just felt icky for many weeks. Scott kept encouraging me to let go of the amytrip and switch to the Nortrip.(than you, Scott) which was my miracle. It took me too long to make that switch, but it was because I'm so terrified of insomnia. If I hadn't finally done that I probably would have thought Parnate was a total bust for me and quit it with another med failure to add to my list.
I was tired on Parnate until my pdoc added Provigil which has been a great addition for me.
I know that for some people Parnate works on the first day and off they go! But I think there are also many of us who are very slow responders and have to be patient and be prepared to work with augmentation until we get it right. My pdoc made me promise him I would work with it for six months!!
It's worth it!!
Hang in there!! You may not get any insomnia at all!!
Gayle
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