Posted by zonked on May 19, 2010, at 11:05:31
In reply to Re: Marplan update thread..., posted by SLS on May 12, 2010, at 17:14:17
Scott,
How are you doing, how many weeks into treatment are you, and where are you at dose-wise?
Tuesday I increased to 40mg/day (20 b.I.d.) and it's barely taken the edge off my depression/anxiety...
Also I am a bit worried, my blood pressure and pulse since starting Marplan are higher (159/95 and 110bpm), but consistent--almost the exact numbers a week apart.
Normal for me is like, 130-140something over 80-90something, pulse in the 90s.
The ONLY "forbidden" thing I've been doing is one cup of coffee in the morning (which is allowed according to the Marplan website's diet card.). Strangely enough, I was able to eat and drink things like coffee, salami, etc without any increase in BP on parnate and nardil, respectively.
Afraid to tell pdoc cuz this med is having *some* effect, and don't want to stop it.
Feedback welcome--perhaps there's an antihypertensive I can take daily to bring BP down a bit?
Hanging in there, it's hard.. And hope you (SLS) are doing well.
Thinking of asking for a bump up to 50 or 60 if there's no improvement by next Tuesday...
-z
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