Posted by ColoradoSnowflake on February 14, 2010, at 20:37:36
Hi Everybody:
I've been quiet for awhile. I've been stalled out at 30mg/day Parnate. I was hoping that 30mg. might be enough to keep the Black Monster at bay and that my rheumatoid arthritis flareup (which Parnate really fired up) would calm down.Well, that hasn't happened. 30mg.Parnate is not enough. I'm getting more and more depressed and feel myself sliding down into the slimy black pit. And 30mg keeps my RA too painful and debilitating.
I'm going to have to go off the Parnate completely and back to Wellbutrin i guess. Welbutrin is the only AD I have been able to tolerate. What a terrible disappointment that is. Parnate helped me more than any other AD ever has and is kind of the last house on the block for me. But the severity of the autoimmune/rheumatoid arthritis it triggered is/was horrible. This disease of depression sucks. I feel like the stress of being depressed is what caused my RA in the first place. But that's another thread.
I am really afraid. Each time I have decreased the Parnate (from high of 80mg/day) I get terrible, terrible withdrawal symptoms lasting several weeks. Now that I'm significantly depressed to boot, and will be more so as I taper down more, and will have the 14 day washout period with no antidepressant on board, I'm getting really worried that I wont be able to handle it!
Those of you who have had bad withdrawal from Parnate like I do, HOW DID YOU DO IT???
I would be so grateful to hear any ideas or suggestions you guys might have!!
Thank you so much!!
Gayle
poster:ColoradoSnowflake
thread:937038
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