Posted by Tomatheus on July 24, 2013, at 2:07:58
In reply to Doing a fair bit better, posted by Lamdage22 on July 24, 2013, at 1:19:45
Lamdage,
You might be right that starting out at 25 mg of Jatrosom/Parnate wouldn't cause any problems for you. I think that your doctors are probably just trying to be safe by having you slowly work your way up to a therapeutic dose. Sometimes we don't always respond to medications in the same way that we used to respond to them, and I think (from experience) that this is especially true when psychosis is involved. And given the fact that you said that you were worried about Jatrosom/Parnate sending you "on edge too much," I can see why your doctors would want you to start low on Jatrosom/Parnate and to work your way up. Having said this, I don't think that you'd be out of line by asking your doctors if they could increase your Jatrosom dose to 25 mg. I of course would like for your doctors to agree to the dose increase and for you to do well on 25 mg or higher of Jatrosom/Parnate, but if your doctors don't agree to the increase, that doesn't necessarily mean that you won't eventually get to take the dose of the medication that you'd like to take. It could just mean that you might have to wait longer than you'd like to get to where you want to be medication wise.
I think that you're probably right in saying that you'll be fine. I think that you've already made some progress in the treatment of your conditions, and I think that the odds are favorable that you'll make more progress. Sometimes the process of getting to where you want to be can be one of taking two steps forward and one step backward, as the saying goes, but I think it's most likely that if you remain patient and keep trying different treatment options that you'll at least get closer to where you want to be. So, good luck with everything, and if you'd like, please feel free to keep letting us know how things are going.
T.
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* chronic fatigue, hypersomnia, and related symptoms
* schizoaffective disordertomatheus.blogspot.com
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