Posted by MissThang on January 6, 2011, at 7:12:16
In reply to Re: Flushing during parnate washout--anyone have this? » MissThang, posted by Maxime on January 5, 2011, at 22:36:54
Maxime -- I was only on it for 6 weeks -- the last 2.5 weeks at 50mg and quit cold turkey Christmas Eve. I haven't really had withdrawel symptoms to speak of -- no rebound REM or brain zaps or anything, but I figure part of the reason is that the parnate did nothing at all for me other than diminish my anxiety a touch. About 4 or 5 days after I stopped, I started getting an increase in anxiety -- at a higher level than it had been before I started parnate. Other than that, nada, except this odd flushing/low-grade fever that didn't start until about 7 days after I stopped...I've also continued to have somewhat elevated blood pressure -- a symptom the parnate brought on and I was put on a beta blocker to help with, but despite the fact that I've been off the parnate for more 13 days now, my bp has remained elevated throughout the 2nd part of the day and I worry about trying to restart my wellbutrin with this elevated bp because I know that on occasion, wellbutrin can elevate bp a little. Sigh.
I know parnate has been great for many people, but it's been nothing but a nightmare for me -- definitely not the right drug for me.
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