Posted by kirbyw on December 17, 2009, at 0:47:05
In reply to Re: Parnate - 60mg isn't enough, posted by ColoradoSnowflake on December 16, 2009, at 21:11:51
> Rick:
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> How do you get away with doing such a small dose of Parnate??? Have you always taken such doses? I know you said you would go off of it for awhile then on again? It killed me getting on it...5 months of feeling HORRIBLE! It makes me wonder if maybe it's not good for me.
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> Did you ever have to take larger amounts? Add other drugs..anything like that?
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> Sounds like you had a lot of guts and determination to keep working when you were depressed...and no one knew it.
> I think a lot of us know just how that feels.
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> This drug has confused me from the get-go. Nothing about it makes sense to me.
> At least I don't get insomnia from it. Do you? I can't remember.
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> Thanks for your interest and suggestion!
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> Gayle
Gayle
Its interesting that back in the 80's many PDocs thought that 30 mg was the maximum safe dose for Parnate, although in fact my Doctor frequently had me on 50 to 60 mg after my hospitalization which was in 1982.Actually I have had problems with insomnia this time around at doses above 30 mg. I would like to be on 40 mg. Also I have interactions with my heart medication, if I take higer doses of Parnate I feel really wiped out, tired with low blood pressure, etc. I have good days when 20 or 30 mg seems just about right, and then I have the bad days when I feel like 40 or 50 would be better. That's part of the reason i am now trying Lithium with Parnate. Its complicated. Thanks for responding to my posts.
Rick
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