Posted by inanimate peanut on January 16, 2010, at 15:05:49
In reply to Re: in peanut's defense, posted by Willful on January 16, 2010, at 11:52:54
I didn't go from 60mg to 160 mg in 4 days-- far from it. I started at 60mg and went up 20mg every 3-4 days until I got to 160mg. You're right that I didn't have the dosing schedules and all from the articles. I went too high on the Parnate and I paid for it. I admitted that I was wrong there and should have stopped back at 120mg when everyone encouraged me to. I'm sorry that I made you worry and appreciate that you actually care.
All I know about pharmacology is what I've learned in recent weeks (which I admit is barely anything). That is one reason I ask so many questions on babble. I put quite a bit of faith in journal articles combined with what I'm told here (what other people have tried, etc.) and then I just monitor things very closely. The reason that I chose to go on Wellbutrin was not only because "I read it somewhere" but because it used to be one of my best drugs and it deserved a shot at working (and yet it seems to be proving my theory true that once I go off a med it doesn't work when I go back on it). My doc still thinks Wellbutrin is contraindicated with Parnate (much of the literature still says it is, which is why I monitor it so closely), so this one I can't leave in her hands. I am trying to do everything in the safest way that I can.
If you want to think I'm med jumping, I guess that's your right. Besides the Parnate, Wellbutrin's all that I've been on for mood since I've been on this board. Everything else I've asked about (Remeron, Neurontin, Nortriptyline, Zonisamide, T3, etc.) are just part of the list of options for some point in the future. Except for the Nortriptyline, they're all options I can work through with my doc, which is what I plan to do.
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