Posted by AdamCanada2 on August 20, 2009, at 23:32:40
In reply to Re: My history with MAOI's » AdamCanada2, posted by SLS on August 20, 2009, at 16:37:47
the Paxil 10mg was one of the better medications out of the 30+ I have tried.
It was the proper balance for the particular med for me personally. even 12.5mg would leave me persistently sedated through the whole day and as I mentioned the 20mg would make me feel like a sleepy zombie. 10mg was enough to help me to an acceptable degree but my life would remain very stagnant and therefor even after trying other doses such as 7.5 etc I felt after the 3 years on it I really needed a change. I didn't want to settle for a life of solitude where I only want to stay at home and have difficulty relating to other people. Paxil helped my pain a lot but depression not enough.
Also another thing I remember. 10mg paxil would be consistent a lot of the time in terms of mood. some mild uplifting action. but... over time i felt as if it was losing it's effect. the 10mg no longer was helping the way it was. Which was the final factor to make my choice clear in terms of trying new medications.
> > I tried countless things to help Parnate insomnia.
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> Yes. I had to combine Halcion with Ativan to treat the total insomnia I experienced when I combined Parnate with desipramine. Fortunately, it worked.
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> > I was on 30mg parnate for 2 weeks. The horrible depressed effect remained.
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> That stinks. I have no brilliant explanations for why this happened to you.
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> > Also I do not feel it is improbable for people to have a therapeutic effect on 10-25mg of Parnate.
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> Yes, I believe it is improbably if we are talking about treating affective disorders.
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> > Not all of us need mega doses.
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> 40mg is not a megadose. 140mg is.
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> > I am sensitive to meds and Paxil 10mg was the ideal dosage for me on such an SSRI while many thought it had to be higher. 20mg on that med (for 2 month I may add) put me in constant sleep. I failed a semester.
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> Did Paxil 10mg fail to keep working for you?
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> > Too high a dose is not always a solution for me.
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> It would be convenient if we all responded to the same dosage of the same drug. No such luck.
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> Keep thinking and keep posting. I hope you are rewarded for your efforts.
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> - Scott
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