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Posted by ayrity on October 9, 2002, at 23:33:44
Met with my doc today- we looked back in my chart and I can't believe I started Parnate over 3 months ago! A good try, don't you think? But I keep getting these damned spikes in my BP after taking a dose of med, not related to food. We both hoped the BP problem would get better with time, but it hasn't and we decided today that the risks are too high for the marginal benefit I've had and that it's time to stop.
I had such a miserable summer (work related, among other things) and 3 months have just gone down the drain with nothing to show for it. I had such high hopes for Parnate, having failed multiple other meds. I feel like such a freakin' zombie- I eat, sleep, work, a few hobbies but no social life- that's it. I'm tired of living without having a life, if that makes sense. It reminds me of lines from Emily Dickinson: "The Feet, mechanical, go round-/ Of Ground, or Air, or Ought-/ A wooden way/ Regardless grown,/ A Quartz contentment, like a stone-"
Well, I'm tapering off 70 mg Parnate- should be off in about a week or so. Then a week or two of washout and we might try Nardil. But I've had the worst of the side effects from every other med so far (should I list them? Ok- Celexa, Celexa + Wellbutrin, Wellbutrin alone, Effexor, Effexor + Provigil, Moclobemide, hmmmm... I'm probably forgeting one or two others). The sexual side effects of Nardil scare me- had that on the SSRIs and hated it (though I don't exactly have a love life right now, but, being a guy, well, you know...)
Anyway, sorry for the wallowing, just felt like venting. Wish me luck.
Posted by jyl on October 10, 2002, at 8:24:44
In reply to Have to stop Parnate, posted by ayrity on October 9, 2002, at 23:33:44
good luck hun!
i too had a horrible summer on paxil
when doc doubled the dose i spent 3 days trying not to "off" myself
on effexor and trazodone now.
feling better -only one week now
jyl
Posted by ayrity on October 10, 2002, at 23:29:38
In reply to Re: Have to stop Parnate, posted by jyl on October 10, 2002, at 8:24:44
Thanks for the support, jyl (surprising close to my own initials, btw!)
Nardil seems to have helped many people on this list. But they also write about severe weight gain, anorgasmia, etc, which scares me. The high blood pressure I had on Parnate, although more dangerous than most other SE, for the most part did not make me feel ill or different.
We'll see what happens. I'm like a leaf drifting on the wind at the moment, waiting to see where I'll be taken on this ride...
Thanks again.
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