Posted by SLS on February 19, 2020, at 13:26:39
In reply to Re: Best med for complex-PTSD? » SLS, posted by undopaminergic on February 18, 2020, at 13:22:49
Hi UD.
> > It's back to MAOI + TCA for me.
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> > I am having a difficult time deciding between Marplan and Parnate. Parnate is a dead end for me. I function better on it than off it, but mental energy is really the only aspect of my depression that is significantly improved. Anhedonia and amotivation persist. I can't get myself to do things, and nothing feels good. There is no mood "brightening", and cognitive and memory impairments are improved only moderately.
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> > My plan is to begin taking either Marplan or Parnate. I'm leaning towards Marplan since I tried it only once and stopped taking it after only 2 weeks. I was frustrated and impatient. I was stupid, but my stupidity was 35 years in the making by that point. I'm not kicking myself in the *ss too hard over this.
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> > - Scott
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> How high have you gone with the Parnate? Have you tried stimulant augmentation?Up to Parnate 120 mg/day + desipramine 300 mg/day.
> Does acute amphetamine provide a boost for you at all?
None. I actually get more of an energy kick from caffeine.
> Stimulants reliably obliterate my apathy (amotivation) and sucidal ideation.
That's great. What keeps you from using stimulants on a regular basis?
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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