Posted by bleauberry on December 5, 2009, at 14:48:26
In reply to Parnate Good Drug - Wrong Time, posted by bulldog2 on December 5, 2009, at 9:13:43
Since you did so well at a very low dose, I think there are ways to manage this situation.
Obviously straight out it would make sense to take a strong sleep med. 5mg-10mg amitriptyline (my guess is this ultra low dose would not pose much risk with a mere 10mg parnate) or a normal dose of lunesta for example. A smidgen of remeron works good too...3mg to 7mg...much more sedating than higher doses. I do not favor low dose antipsychotic of any kind if the intention is sleep, in case seroquel was a consideration. At 10mg parnate I don't see a huge risk of
I think sometimes we can cut ourselves short by an all-or-nothing approach. For example, if we can't take 10mg parnate every day, then we can't take it at all. I just don't agree with that. You could try 10mg every other day, or once every 3 days. You are still going to get some benefit from it, which is better than having no benefit at all. Try 5mg a day. Try 5mg one day, 10mg the next, and a day off. Maybe just 2.5mg a day. Play with it and see.
With me I got a pretty decent boost from a mere 2.5mg once every other day. Even though the drug is gone from the system in hours, the MAO enzymes it impacted are shut down for days, so the benefit goes on even without another dose. With me I noticed the MAO enzymes were coming back to life in about 3 to 4 days...depression and anxiety were coming back fairly strong by then.
The cold chilly feeling is the same thing that kept me away from parnate. I mean, it was 60 degrees out, most everyone else was in a T-shirt, and I was freezing with 3 layers of warm clothes on and my fingers felt like ice. I don't know what it is parnate does that causes that. I think some herbal teas or supps might help that...ginger tea, cayenne capsules, things that stimulate microcirculation and are known as "warm" herbs. I'll have to do some research to find out more about what plants stimulate body heat and circulation.
I think it is probably related to the boost of norepinephrine causing a feedback loop impacting cortisol and stuff. My best guess is this would all adapt and be fine, but would probably take 3 to 6 months for that to happen.
I just think you should work with parnate if it helps you that much. Maybe it wouldn't be a perfect world, but better than none. Maybe?
Choose a sleep aid and play with the doses. That's what I would do.
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