Posted by SLS on June 12, 2012, at 14:28:26
In reply to doing a little better ..Parnate (60mg), posted by g_g_g_unit on June 12, 2012, at 7:36:34
> So I increased my Parnate to 60mg a few days ago. I take 15mg four times a day. Today was one of the first days in a while where I felt 'okay', mood-wise. I could tolerate my family, noticed an absence of dysphoria, etc. etc. Also less panicky.
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> Only problems are:
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> a) blood pressure, especially on standing, is pretty low. It came out as (68/50) when measured a few hours after my last dose.BP tends to recover with continued treatment.
> b) I still feel quite empty, bored and demotivated.Parnate is not as much of a "mood-brightener" as is Nardil. However, when the true antidepressant response appears, I doubt that you will be disappointed.
> No real ADD benefits anymore.
It would be an ideal answer to add amphetamine at some point. It would help with The ADD and give you more energy throughout the day.
Feeling "spaced-out" is usually only a temporary side effect. I tend to think that it is a good sign.
Klonopin can be depressing.
There is an art to using MAOIs. In some cases, you need to go above the dosage that will eventually be adequate for maintenance so that sufficient MAO inhibition can be established. However, the difference in these two dosages is not very large. For instance, going to 70 mg of Parnate for a few days might be necessary to establish enough MAO inhibition so as to maintain it at a dosage of 60 mg.
> Maybe I should wait it out at 60mg for longer, though?
Yup - at least 3 weeks. But you already know that. It is hard to be patient. I am not as patient as I could be. My impatience has led me to prematurely increase the dosage of medications on more than one occasion.
- Scott
Some 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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