Posted by JayBTV2 on January 28, 2010, at 9:05:23
In reply to Re: MAOIs and orthostatic hypotension » JayBTV2, posted by em_kath on January 27, 2010, at 12:37:47
> I'm glad to hear Parnate is working for you and that the hypotension has leveled out. Did you feel better at all for the first month or did you not respond at all until you got to 30mg? Are you hoping to eventually go higher than 40, or just see how it goes?
>I don't think I got much from 10mg or 20mg but 30mg is definitely helping. It's only been about 5 days now at that dose. But it could also be that in total I'm approaching 6 weeks or so on the medication. I'm seeing my doc on Monday. He wanted to go really slow on dose increases since when I go manic it's bad (thinking I'm god causing public scenes cops hopsital bad situations :( But I'm still going to see if I can convince him to let me go to 40 and stay there for a few months. Kinda settle there. I won't be one of those people taking 60+ anytime soon and hopefully the positive benefits will stick around at lower dosages anyway...
To be fair I'm also taking Lithium (900mg), Lamictal (150mg), and Seroquel (50 to 100) for sleep at night.
The hypotension definitely dissipated - still get it on occasion but not as bad and definitely not as frequently. When I tried 30mg a couple times during my official 20mg run I was scared that would be a deal breaker. Luckily it's been fine.
Thanks for asking! :)
-Jay
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