Posted by JonW on September 16, 2003, at 21:59:33
In reply to Re: Can I get drunk while on NARDIL ??? » JonW, posted by don_bristol on September 15, 2003, at 3:07:07
> It's interesting to hear how your Parnate caused a rise in your blood pressure on Sambuca. I too would not have guessed it as it is a clear drink. Is it possible that it was just a reaction to alcohol in general and not to Sambuca in particular? Did you measure your BP when taking other alcoholic drinks?
I never repeated the experience so I can't say if it would've happened again, but I can say I was used to drinking a lot at the time I was prescribed Parnate, and never previously experienced any symptoms while drinking that would indicate high blood pressure. I definitely knew my blood pressure was high the night I had Sambuca. I took my BP several times and got very relaxed so it definitely wasn't an anxiety reaction or something. I also had bottled beer on Parnate. My BP went up enough after 1 beer that I never had more then that, but it wasn't as much of an increase as with the Sambuca.
Parnate made my mood go up and down, and I was very agitated on it... So perhaps I just didn't get along with Parnate, period. I don't know, but my advice would be to have a bp monitor on hand, at least until you get a hold on what you can and can't have.
> So you had nifedipine ready to help with a hypertensive crisis if one came on. Did your doc prescribe the nifedipine? I tried and tried with my GP and my psych-doc but neither would give me nifedipine. In the end I got myself some other med to rapidly lower BP if I need to. I would be interested to know if your doc prescribed it or if you got it yourself.
How could the doc (the pdoc, I presume) who prescribed the MAOI not provide you with the means to handle a hypertensive crisis? That's just wrong. What is his/her reason for not prescribing the nifedipine? I didn't even have to ask for nifedipine. My pdoc prescribed it along with the MAOI. He gave me a list of foods to avoid, and told me if I ever had a hypertensive reaction to remain standing and bite the nifedipine capsule and place it under my tongue. I would be suspicious of your pdoc. I'm sure you could easily find a pdoc who would gladly write a prescription for nifedipine.
> BTW how did you find aniracetam worked as a cognitive enhancer? Is it expensive?
Aniracetam is expensive, and it would be hard to justify for enhancing cognition alone. I did, however, find it helpful in that area. Almost too much. Not that it made me smarter, but I felt very engaged by philosophy, ethics, and world affairs. It helped with seeing connections between things, and that made intellectual pursuits very interesting. The people around me weren't turned on by these things so much, and for that reason it also made me feel alone. I stopped it because I'm hypersensitive to most things that are stimulating, and it made me somewhat irritable. It is also a bit anxiolytic, whereas piracetam is somewhat anxiogenic. Hope that helps!
Jon :)
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