Posted by kirbyw on October 17, 2009, at 12:41:04
In reply to parnate - ready to throw in the towel, posted by g_g_g_unit on October 16, 2009, at 23:40:49
In my case, I have always had to deal with some insomnia while taking Parnate during over 25 years. Taking it in the morning helps, but definitely none after 2 pm. Right now I am on 30 mg.
I have noticed that as I have gotten older that exercise during the day or early evening will make me tired by 11 pm. How much exercise would probably depend on your age and physical condition. What I have been doing recently at about 10 pm, is walking up and down stairs several times to get myself tired. Stairs are great at getting one tired. I have done as many as ten to 15 times up and down the stairs within a half hour period, which for me is a fair amount. Or a long walk (or run if you can) early in the evening.
Sometimes I just go with the flow. If I can't sleep I read, watch TV, or do any number of things on the internet. Since I am less depressed these activities can be enjoyable until I finally get tired.
Also on a day when Parnate has kept me awake the night before, I am a little tired during my activities, but then the following night I can go sleep early and sleep great. So I just try to get through the day, even though I am tired.
Occasionally I will also skip the 3rd parnate pill, if I know that I really need to get a good night's sleep because of my activities the following day. But this is not good as I may notice the difference in terms of mood.
And I do get some relief by taking 1 mg Klonapin about 3 hours before bedtime.
Perhaps the difference is in the age factor. I am 61. How old are you if you don't mind saying?
(Also I assume you don't drink coffee or tea or coke, all of those seem to be additive with Parnate)
Rick in Costa Rica
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