Posted by Terry8 on May 19, 2011, at 7:49:27
In reply to Re: nighttime Parnate dosing? » Terry8, posted by shalhevet on May 18, 2011, at 21:04:50
> Hey, I just wanted to mention something that I forgot about until now. If I take my Parnate and Dexedrine too close together (less than 2ish hours), I end up with mydriasis (pupils get huge and then I get double vision) and I can't pee. Waiting 2-3 hours between doses seems to work just fine (although I do get mydriasis in the afternoon for a few hours sometimes), otherwise I'll be stuck with not being able to pee for half the day.
Thanks for both your posts! Hearing others' experiences really helps as I try to sort out what's going to work for me. I've been trying Dexedrine for about a week now, but it's a little baby dose and I'm not sure it's been helping at all with the fatigue. I might be taking it too late for me: 1:30 pm, but I also don't want it too close to my last Parnate dose, which I've been taking at 11 am.
I don't think I've had what you're describing, but I do notice that sometimes in the afternoon I feel pressure behind one eye, which would scare me more if it were attached to a headache, but it's not (just pounding heart). I'll take a peek in the mirror if it happens again. Maybe my pupils are blown and I don't even know it.
I recently went up to 40 mg Parnate and have been dosing 20 mg at 7:30 am and another 20 at 11 am (then the Dexedrine at 1:30). Today I'm going to try splitting the second dose into 10 mg at 11 am and 10 mg in the mid-afternoon, and take the Dexedrine earlier (maybe around noontime). Hopefully the smaller second Parnate dose won't interact with the Dexedrine as much even though I'm not waiting that 2-3 hours. We'll see.
All so complicated. Thanks again, and good luck with Xyrem!
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