Posted by ColoradoSnowflake on October 18, 2009, at 17:23:31
In reply to Re: Parnate- how are you doing? Maxime » ColoradoSnowflake, posted by Maxime on October 18, 2009, at 16:32:24
Maxime:
I'm so sorry you feel so bad. What's worse, if you are like me, you're going to feel "more bad" before the good kicks in.
I'm sure you are tired from both: not sleeping AND the Parnate.
I was determined to take as much Parnate as I had to to feel better or die from it, no kidding (under my pdoc's supervision). I had read several places where hospitalized people were titrated up to really hight doses, felt better, then gradually titrated down to a more common level. I think there is something in the brain that has been badly depleted and needs to be replaced, that Parnate does this, but it takes time.... and for some people, it takes a lot of time (like me). But the brain will be "refilled". I obviosly don't have any scientific knowledge about this, it is purely subjective! It took me 5 months to get to a good place, but I had the amytriptyline detour. I wonder how long it would have taken me if I had started with the Nortriptyline.? I'll never know. But my pdoc had made me promise I would hang in with the Parnate for SIX months. I'm glad he did.
The insomnia is a BIT--!! I have to be careful or meds affect me so much the next day the sleep isn't worth it. I'm sorry Scott isn't around. Like Sunbath said, Scott thinks the Parnate insomnia should be treated very aggressively. Scott had some really good ideas about that. He (Scott) even took Haldol with something else very strong for his own worst insomnia. I think maybe Sunbath remembers this and could fill us in.
Insomnia is no joke. I do think you'll get it worked out, but in the meantime it's no fun.
Hugs and more hugs,
Gayle
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