Posted by ace on October 14, 2003, at 22:36:45
In reply to Re: Ace? » cybercafe, posted by cybercafe on October 13, 2003, at 22:22:01
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> > > hey dude.... how high a dose did you go up to on parnate?
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> > Hey Cyber!,
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> > Got up to 60mg. The lerthargy was horrid. And it certainly did induce a depression.
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> wow that's a pretty high dose..... my doc has treated lots of TRD with 30 mg, but he says it does take a while (like up to 3 months?)
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> > I usually am not too fussed if the drug causes a paradoxical reaction in the first week (ie depression), but I was 2 weeks 4 days into Parnate.
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> i know... this was your reaction to nardil at first right?
>-Nardil INITIALLY caused a little bit of anhedonia, and worsening of anxiety. But no where nere to the extent of the depression Parnate caused. The anhedonia and extra anxiety when I started Nardil passed within a week, or a week and a half.
> i'm not sure how parnate effected me at first... i THINK it was less sleep + feeling a little tired cuz of the hypotension ...
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> i had to behave somewhat lethargic cuz i couldn't get up fast, you know what i mean?Sort of!
> i think it felt a little like a stimulant at first and made me feel happy (30 mg)... that effect lasted mainly for about a month, and then i felt depressed again... then during month 3 i started to really make a recovery.......... then i went off the drug :( :( :(
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> > If it shows a paradoxical reaction in the first week or so, this might even be a predictor of a good response.
> > But, for me, there seemed to be no end in site...I mean did you suffer paradoxical depression with Parnate, or pronounced lethargy. Maybe it's just my brain is fried!
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> no i don't think my depression got worse.... lethargy maybe ... it was more of a wait for the hypotension to go away so i could exercise without passing out ... hah
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> i dunno man...... wow... when i was on parnate i wanted to go out and exercise and take different classes etc i was so motivated... havn't felt that way for about a year now....... but i will be starting parnate after 7 more days of washout .. i can't wait!!Great! Hope it works great again dude!
> dude the only thing i didn't like about parnate was it made me feel a little aggitated ....
Did that to me as well. I was very agitated. Almost akathisia.
> what exactly do you mean by lethargy, like you felt so stimulated you didn't feel the need to go out and do things? or you actually slept more/were too tired to move?Like I was unmotivated, very hard to do things. No energy. I would study for 2 minutes and then need a 10 min break! I couldn't concentrate either. I couldn't sleep but I felt very tired in the day. My muscles were weak. There was anhedonia too. It was a bad experience...
Good luck Cyber!
Ace.
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