Posted by Vince on August 26, 2002, at 14:56:57
In reply to Re: Parnate - help, not doing so well, posted by cybercafe on August 23, 2002, at 12:11:21
Thanks - your post helped me get through the weekend.
I Called my pdoc Friday morning before he left town and he told me to lower the dose to 20mg over the weekend and see how I felt Monday. I feel much better. Sunday was a much better day. I think I will start to increase the dose again.
I think Parnate stirred the amino caldrin causing some termoil - maybe that's a sign.
Vince
> > I started parnate about 2 1/2 weeks ago. I'm taking 30mg. It's seems that my depression is worse. I have very low troughs and I seem to be withdrawing into myself. Does the depression sometimes get worse before it gets better when starting on this drug? I don't know if I should
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> yeah i found my depression got worse as well.. i think it's because MAOIs have different mechanisms than SSRIs, so switching from one SSRI to another will include less starting-overness than switching from an uptake inhibitor to an MAO inhibitor ....
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> ... what eventually happened for me was i found my anxiety went away and also i started to enjoy being around my friends more (they used to bore me) ... so i started doing more social things... while my depression was still bad when not socializing.... and then my depression started to really lift... but i am sure if i had stayed in my basement my recovery would have been a bit slower
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> i would give it a lot longer than 2 and a half weeks.. really that's nothing.. especially since the stimulant effect will probably wear off before the antidepressant effect fully kicks in
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