Posted by ColoradoSnowflake on October 24, 2009, at 16:30:12
In reply to Parnate distinct diff.effects,acute and long term?, posted by Sunbath on October 24, 2009, at 7:47:29
Hi Sunbath:
I am happy to hear from you!! I've been wondering how you were doing!!First I want to reassure you, I really do NOT think the Parnate will "poop out" on you for a long long time....maybe years. My pdoc said he has seen it so few times it isn't worth mentioning. So don't let yourself worry about that!!!!!
Now, where you are now, was the really hard part for me. It was like riding a wild bucking bronco. I never knew how I was going to feel or how long it would last. I would feel good for a while...1/2 day? maybe a day? then I would feel terrible, at first the terrible was several days in a row, then a good day, maybe even a little buzz....then a bad time. I felt really bad a lot more than I felt good. This period was when my friends thought I was crazy to keep taking it. But when I felt good, I could feel that deep clarity and sense of well being. It made me believe that if I would just hang in there that it would come to stay.
I think this part doesn't happen to some people and that's great. It happened bad to me but I felt OK about it. I had this feeling that residues of all the other psychotropic drugs I have taken were getting cleared out of my brain. I felt it was a brain "housecleaning" period. A few times when I was asleep i had that whirring-shooting-buzzing thing in my head that I associate with coming off some drug. But I never felt anxious or suicidal. I went through that phase for a long time.Now, I don't have any of that. I feel good all the time. I am very level. I am sleeping better and better. I have started dreaming a LOT.
I was taking all my 70mg Parnate in the evening. As I felt better I started taking some Parnate during the day. Now I am spreading it out over the day and that is working well. I sort of think at this point I could probably take it anytime and it would be OK, but keeping it more regular in my bloodstream seems like a good thing to do.One thing I have surprised about Parnate is that for me it is Pro-Sexual. I hadn"t taken any drugs that I thought were bad that way before, but Parnate is WOW. I would recommend it for that aspect by itself! Have you had that also?
So I think at this point, 6 months for me, it is great. I feel what I would call "normal"!! It's really good!!
I kept increasing the Parnate every 5-7 days until I got to 80mg/day. I felt sort of "chemical" so I backed down to 70mg/day. I've tried 60mg and that just doesn't feel right. So I'm going to stick with 70mg.
The 25mg Nortriptyline I take in the evening. My pdoc wants me on it so that's fine. I go right to sleep because I'm tired because I've done so much during the day because I FEEL GOOD! Motivated and able to see things through easily!! I love it!
This is the best I've felt for 15 years since I had my big breakdown. Getting on Parnate has been a hard time, but it's worth it!!Sunbath, and Maxime, too, I hope this part of it isn't so long for you guys. I think I'm quite a bit older and that has probably added to the adjustment period.
I'm really glad I don't drink anymore. I had much more than my share during all those years of self-medicating with amphetamines and booze. The Parnate is doing a much better job!
Good luck and I hope the next phase is QUICK!
Hugs,
Gayle
poster:ColoradoSnowflake
thread:922198
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20091021/msgs/922272.html