Posted by inanimate peanut on January 11, 2010, at 23:13:44
In reply to blood pressure 244/102-- why?, posted by inanimate peanut on January 10, 2010, at 17:36:08
Well, I had another hypertensive crisis (190/118) tonight and the only common thread between the 2 episodes was the 80mg of Parnate (160 total Parnate per day) I took right before the incident. My blood pressure had been low the rest of the day and I literally had not eaten anything since my protein shake that morning. I took .5mg of Ritalin about noon, but that had long since worn off. Nope, the cause has to be the high doses of Parnate. So, now is the time for my apology. I did not go back to 60 when I said I would. I used the Ritalin to control the hypotension and prevent more falls (which it did quite well) and continued my trip up in dose on the Parnate just praying that if I found a high enough dose it would get rid of what remains of my depression. Well, none of the higher doses improved over 60mg. All I got was side effects and hypertensive crises for no reason other than to just say I've tried it now and at least I know. So now I will definitely work on returning to 60mg as safely as possible. I apologize to the folks who told me to do this a couple weeks ago-- I just thought I could handle it with the Ritalin. Clearly, I could handle the lows but not the highs. You all give good advice and there's no reason I shouldn't have taken it, preventing these last 2 hypertensive crises. I will try to be a better babbler and listen better in the future. I'm also certain that I'm going to have withdrawal effects from going down in dose, so that won't be fun either. That's why I need to taper I think rather than just cold turkey down to 60 from 160. But, I will be at 60 very soon. Please understand that I do listen to you and value your opinions greatly-- I just was stubborn in this instance and ignored what the people I really respect were telling me. I apologize. It won't happen again.
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