Posted by rose45 on April 19, 2019, at 6:19:03
In reply to Re: Trancyclopromine and addiction to benzos, posted by ed nieg on April 19, 2019, at 2:41:51
> Rose, i am going through something very similar. I lowered my parnate dosage from 40 to 30 mg as well, started taking gabaergics to combat the chronic insomnia from parnate, stopped them recently and have been feeling totally abject -- like I'm on no meds at all and feeling suicidal, anxiety ridden and nonfunctional. i'm also planning on going back on 40 mg to see if it helps me ride this out, but it's hard to say if the relapse came from stopping the sleep drugs or reducing the parnate dosage. i was actually thinking about stopping the parnate altogether but this isn't a good idea considering my life circumstances at the moment. if 40 mg doesn't work i'm calling it and starting a taper off because i'm sick of this ever-chugging med train from hell.
Ed, thank you for posting. I finally was able to see my gp yesterday. Im in such a state of anxiety, she said stay on the benzos till I see her again, and she is trying to speed up an appointment with a psychiatrist.
Do you have a psychiatrist? I dont have one, living here in the uk, they are very expensive, and I realised that my mistake was to lower the parnate dose all on my own. If possible, seek professional advice before making changes. Where do you live and do you have access to a psychiatrist.?Like you Im sick of the med train from hell, but am only on it, because unfortunately I dont seem to manage without it. I dont have the support of a family or close group of friends, for various reasons, and being on ones own makes things so much more difficult.. I have been practicing meditation all my life, and yet am still now dependent on meds. Life is so unpredictable.
Please do keep us informed. We can all learn from one another, but I am realising that most of the mistakes I have made involved taking meds or changing doses , off my own volition. Re. Parnate and Nardil, in my experience, they make you 'high' and sometimes when you are on them, you dont make rational decisions. At least that was my experience.
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