Posted by laurenjb on July 1, 2005, at 5:05:02
In reply to Re: another parnate question... fatigue, posted by superman on July 1, 2005, at 0:52:42
Hi T: Thanks for the link and your response. I get that overwhelming fatigue during the day, too, though I think mine might have more to do with the insomnia. I try not to sleep during the day so I can sleep at night but it doesn't seem to matter. I'm also feeling pretty down, but it's all relative -- I feel better than 6 weeks ago when I was going through Effexor withdrawal. I am hoping the Parnate just needs some more time to kick in or that I need the dose increased. What dose are you on?
As for Lunesta, tonight is the first time I've taken it. I slept for about an hour and it's now 3am and I'm wide awake and have the NASTIEST taste in my mouth. Of course, this doesn't mean it won't work for you -- I truly hope it or something else does -- let me know! Lauren
> Hi Lauren. I had the insomnia at first too, but at the time I wasn't feeling tired during the day, I actually felt energetic. That has gone with time tho. I wanted to try lunesta. Very small amounts of trazodone is what I used (12.5mg was plenty), which allowed me to fall asleep quickly and have a deep sleep. Minor headache in the morning, but I've always gotten that with trazodone. Trazodone is suppose to be contradicted with parnate, but thats a conservative recommendation I think.
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> http://www.dr-bob.org/tips/split/MAOIs-+-benzodiazepines.html --> here is where they discuss the use of maois with benzos. (my mistake, Dr.bob did not take part in the discussion).
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> Thanks for the response Lauren.
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> > I have been on 30mg Parnate for around 3 weeks and am having horrible insomnia and resulting fatigue. The only thing that has ever really helped me to sleep was 1-2mg Klonopin, which is not working so well right now, maybe because of what was mentioned in the previous posts. I'm about to try Lunesta (Ambien doesn't work unless I take more than my doctor recommends and leaves me a zombie the next day). Would you please refer me to where Dr. Bob discussed the use of Parnate and benzos? Thanks, Lauren
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