Posted by g_g_g_unit on June 13, 2012, at 4:50:57
In reply to Re: doing a little better ..Parnate (60mg) » g_g_g_unit, posted by SLS on June 12, 2012, at 14:28:26
> > a) blood pressure, especially on standing, is pretty low. It came out as (68/50) when measured a few hours after my last dose.
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> BP tends to recover with continued treatment.Good to know. I'm experiencing a lot of physical weakness.
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> > b) I still feel quite empty, bored and demotivated.
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> Parnate is not as much of a "mood-brightener" as is Nardil. However, when the true antidepressant response appears, I doubt that you will be disappointed.Thanks. This has given me something to look forward to. I kind of figured this was it as far as the mood benefit goes, but I'll continue to hold out.
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> > No real ADD benefits anymore.
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> It would be an ideal answer to add amphetamine at some point. It would help with The ADD and give you more energy throughout the day.Maybe I can convince someone to if I have a robust-enough anti-depressant response, since I know my psychiatrist feels a little despondent about seeing me fail trial after trial. Otherwise, I'm aware that there's off-label options like Memantine, or OTC ones like Nicotine.
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> Feeling "spaced-out" is usually only a temporary side effect. I tend to think that it is a good sign.
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> Klonopin can be depressing.Yeah, I'm trying to lower my Klonopin dose.
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> There is an art to using MAOIs. In some cases, you need to go above the dosage that will eventually be adequate for maintenance so that sufficient MAO inhibition can be established. However, the difference in these two dosages is not very large. For instance, going to 70 mg of Parnate for a few days might be necessary to establish enough MAO inhibition so as to maintain it at a dosage of 60 mg.Thanks for the tip; I'll keep that strategy in mind if I don't see results at 60mg.
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> > Maybe I should wait it out at 60mg for longer, though?
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> Yup - at least 3 weeks. But you already know that. It is hard to be patient. I am not as patient as I could be. My impatience has led me to prematurely increase the dosage of medications on more than one occasion.
>Yeah, I realize anymore at this stage would be counterproductive, since even moving from 50 to 60mg in the space of a week produced quite a significant drop in BP.
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