Posted by anita on September 6, 1999, at 15:16:18
In reply to Re: Parnate's stimulant effect, posted by Dr Rock on September 6, 1999, at 1:46:21
Dr. Rock,
Be careful with a 90mg dose. I went up rather quickly w/ Parnate (about 10mg per week), and about 10 days after I was at 80mg, I suddenly
became toxic. It was like amphetamine toxicity, and lasted about 3 days. I think I tend to metabolize many meds quickly, and thus it takes longer
than usual to build up a steady level, but since it's hard to tell how you metabolize a drug, I just thought I'd warn you.Good luck,
anita> Trial and error I came to the same conclusion. Low doses seem to have an amphetamine like action- severe- nothing would let me sleep.
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> I went from 40mg in AM to a BID dose of 60 and find the problems with mid afternoon lethargy as well as mid evening lethargy.
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> Next step will probably be a TID dose of 90mg (total). Positive side taking almost no medication for sleep.
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> Now if I only didn't fall asleep while listening to clients it would be helpful.
poster:anita
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