Posted by Alpam on September 19, 2011, at 4:31:37
I have been on Parnate for around 7 weeks now and am not really feeling anything (including side effects). I was on 20mg for 3 weeks, now 30mg for 4. I saw my doc a week ago who said that if a 50% increase didn't do anything then there is not much point going higher.
I am very tolerant when it comes to medication, I don't seem to get side effects (Chlorpromazine was like a sugar pill to me, Oxycodone doesn't get me high and came off 200mg Pristiq virtually cold turkey with no problems) so I want to try a higher dose just in case it will work. MY Pdoc had made mention that he has had a client on 80mg.
Is it worthwhile fighting him for a higher dose or should I give up like I always do and try something else. I had my heart set on Parnate, I was hoping it would be my miricle drug.
Also before I started on Parnate I was on Dexamphetamine, my doc said that I had to stop it when we started Parnate but I could go back on it, now he is dead against it, saying the risks of stroke are too high. This sucks because the Dex was one of the only drugs that really helped me. I feel like I have tried everything and nothing works, like I am unmedicable.
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