Posted by superman on July 1, 2005, at 1:09:57
In reply to Re: another parnate question... fatigue, posted by willyee on June 30, 2005, at 7:47:11
Thanks willyee,
I'm going to stick with taking klonopin only as needed for now then.
I was fairly sure I found a med that worked when I tried parnate at first, but now I'm not so sure. It's like I had 2 or 3 weeks of energy and optimism, and then I fell back into my normal (depressed) self. And the fatigue definitely isn't helping.
I'm going to try the caffeine thing. Vivarin?? I've actually never heard of that. Any caffeine pills will do tho, right? Thanks for that advice. I know they are technically contradicted, so I'll be careful when experimenting with this.
I'm also going to try playing with the timing of the dose. Taking the largest dose in the morning seems to be terrible timing considering how the fatigue always hits me about 2 hours after the dose. I wonder if my sleep would suffer too greatly if I took it later in the day.
Anyway, thanks again.
> Dr.Bob made a good statment.One would think you have a stimulating med that works on depression(parnate),and you have a semi-sedating med that works on anxiety (klonopin)so togther u have the magic combo.
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> Well the world is never a convienant place,for whatever reason,and id love a theory the two do not go well together,at least on a daily basis as a protocol.Klonopin works well with parnate when its used very sparingly,i.e when each parnate dose seems to drive you mad.Klonopin as needed is ok.But togther it kills both of the meds effects,least thats what i noticed.
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> As far as increasing it,honestly if you found an effective dose for depression,id keep it right there for as long as it is just that.With fatigue carefully try one whole vivarin tablet,lay down and let it settle,you should see energy appear.
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> Now i know u say vivarin uck,but when u have parnate fatigue,vivarin is not likly to behave as it would alone,like incredable rush etc.Instead it is mildly soothing and seems to have a synergy.Id try something as simple as this first,reason being u have a magical thing a med thats working,dont mess with what aint broken lol.One problem u might come across is if uhave ocd tendacies the vivarin might aggravate that.But since vivarin is cheap and right at ur 7-11 id try it personaly.Ive tried many stimulants and most do not go to great with parnate,vivarin simple as it is does.
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> p.s please come to the conclusion on ur own of course,i just offer my own exper as a possable option,techincaly the two are contradicted,i do not find this to be the case,and quite a few others as well.
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> DR Bob,thats some great info,i forgot to mention that excessive use of a benzo for SOME can definatly hault of even prevent parnate from showing any anti-depressant effects.
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