Posted by beckett2 on December 27, 2019, at 21:31:06
In reply to Re: Is a 'high' theraputic?, posted by rose45 on December 27, 2019, at 4:59:51
> I think there is a difference between feeling good and feeling 'high' In my case when I was on Nardil I felt high quite often, but it affected my judgement.... I started gambling on the stock market because I became over confident and actually ended up losing quite a bit of money etc.. this is what worries me about the 'highs' you get from drugs. Parnate did not affect me that much in that way, but I have been working on myself through therapy and meditation over many years, and last year after I went to a meditation retreat,I began to feel high again. Its a very pleasant feeling but looking back, my judgment became distorted, and that is when I decreased the parnate, and it stopped working altogether. I m not sure how to avoid these highs, but I now take 2.5 mg of olanzapine which kick-started the parnate again, and I think it is also keeping my mood more stable. Its very tricky navigating through all this as most of us dont have a psychiatrist who can help, since most of them seem to not know very much about these medications, and the subtleties involved.
Do you think this was a type of manic episode? I have bipolar, and twice medication caused pretty strong hypomania. Zoloft and Saphris. I agree with the way you explained one of the differences between feeling high and feeling good. Most AP's do make me feel high in that I'd never drive or care for a child while taking them.
I thought there was a connection between Parnate and stimulants. I don't know if this is true, but in my own life, adderall is very helpful in the right amount. I can feel like being social, like creating, like getting out of bed. Too much is destabilizing.
Although I may be flippant, I need to guard my mood stability. No drinking or smoking, etc. Have you found a treatment replacement for Parnate?
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