Posted by Chairman_MAO on November 17, 2011, at 6:46:54
In reply to Re: Perhaps Marplan kicked in fully today? » Chairman_MAO, posted by ed_uk2010 on November 15, 2011, at 13:59:59
> >40mg/day now. I'm going to ask to go to 60, especially since the plan is for me to come off of clonazepam. It seems to be OK with the marplan, but it was losing effectiveness on its own. It is also impairing my concentration.
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> For many people, memory is impaired on benzodiazepines. I expect you might notice an improvement in memory as well as concentration.
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Yeah, I know mine is; I have poor concentration as it is. Sometimes, it's a double-edged sword because if I'm _really_ anxious, there can be a net improvement because I'm not so scattered and calmer. Overall, though, it's a loss.> Are you going to go to 50mg next?
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>I just went up to 60. I used to take 120mg/day of Nardil and 120mg/day+ of Parnate, and I conveyed to him that 40 wasn't doing very much. I asked about 80, and he said that the max is usually 60 and that we'll cross that bridge should we need to go there.
After a few days at 60mg, I'm sleeping less and getting up is easier. Anxiety is decreasing. Let's see how long this "energized" feeling lasts; my experience with other MAOIs is that it fades after a few months.
I ate tons of pop tarts last night for no reason, which is something that I don't normally do. I do not feel carb cravings like I did on Nardil, so maybe I just did because I happened to buy them. At any rate, I just was losing lots of weight after getting off of Nardil and watching my diet so I have to get back on it ...
Cheers.
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