Posted by deepreason on May 19, 2011, at 13:42:33
In reply to nighttime Parnate dosing?, posted by Terry8 on March 16, 2011, at 15:03:48
> I didn't see anything in the archives, but my apologies if this has been discussed before. I'm newish to Parnate and experiencing the usual nighttime insomnia and afternoon fatigue. I've heard that you should take the doses earlier in the day to prevent insomnia, but most people seem to have the problem anyway. What about flip flopping the timing entirely?
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> I take my doses at 8am, 12pm, and 3pm. By 2pm I'm very tired, and though I haven't been napping in the afternoon, I'm sure if I let myself I could fall asleep in a heartbeat. But by 8pm I'm wide awake again and can't get to sleep until 2am at the earliest. So I get really tired six hours after the first dose, and am wide awake another six hours later.
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> What if I were to take the doses in the evening, starting around dinnertime? So a first dose at 6pm, a second at 9pm, and last one at midnight (followed by going to bed). If the pattern holds, I'd be tired and ready to sleep six hours after the first dose (around midnight) and waking up again six hours later, around 6am -- a bit more like the rest of the world.
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> Or does it not work like that? Has anybody tried this?
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> Thanks!That's exactly what I did with my Nardil. My doc had me taking it at 09:00 and 12:00 and I was sleepy all afternoon then insomnia all night so I tried changing the times just as a one off. Dosed myself at 20:00 and 23:30. I had the best night's sleep I've ever had and also woke up with none of the anxiety that had been troubling me sinc starting the nardil a month earlier.
Have spoken to the doc about it since and he said yes it can affect a small amount of people that way and great you've found an answer. Apparently it used to be used sometimes at night to treat PTSD because it blocks the nightmares which was interesting because my therapist has been bugging me about why I've stopped having any dreams to discuss with him the last month.
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