Posted by AdamCanada2 on January 16, 2009, at 1:39:10
Ok out of the 20 or so meds I have tried over the past 5-6 years for severe treatment-resistant depression, burning head pain, extreme anhedonia, and to lesser degree social anxiety (which is easier to live with as long as I am feeling better)... Parnate has been one of the best and one of the few that actually has helped and not made me feel worse.
Normally I would be a lifeless zombie filled with extreme burning pain in my skull but on 15mg Parnate I feel better. No I am not anywhere near remission but I feel I can live a livable life like this and a certian augmentation could provide a situation where I could even be close to remission because I still do have a lot of Anhedonia and other Dep symptoms.
But... my sleep has gotten worse and worse. Melatonin I tried recently and the first time it seemed to work like a charm but then no longer. Maybe it does help to some degree but it is not enough regardless if I take 5mg or 10mg... it is one that comes with Vitamin B6 in it as well.
So my sleep schedual is screwed up for several days. I am unreliable for any meeting or plans. Anything I do has to be decided on the day of because I never know whether I will have adequate sleep on any specific day. Plus my mood is worse now as well.
So many nights I get little to even Zero hours of sleep.
SO what on earth can help??? I will try to get my pdoc to finally prescribe me Lunesta or Ambien if he finally agrees! It is unheard of to prescribe Parnate without a proper sleep aid. Yet I cannot and will not change my doctor because he is one of the only doctors who has tolerated my endless lack of response to other previous meds. He actually listens to most of what I have to say.
If he wont prescribe it maybe I'll break my piggy bank and order it because I am sick and tired of this. Initially it was such an improvement when I was actually sleeping. I went out with a friend to the movies! I was able to be somewhat social. Omg imagine that.
But now I feel like not doing much at all because of exhaustion and inbalance in my days.
Also... what can help augment Parnate to further help my depression? Please offer any solutions. And I live in Canada so the magical wonders of Abilify and Tianeptine are out of my reach. Except I could order Abilify... and I am sure my doctor would approve if it doesn't interact because he does for the most part know I am responsible.
Just please offer any opinions.
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