Posted by West on December 21, 2009, at 8:59:24
In reply to Strange sleep experiences on Parnate, posted by Girlnterrupted78 on December 14, 2009, at 12:40:27
Phillipa is right. I don't have experience with your meds but the hallucinations and sensing prescences are likely due to excessive dopaminergic activity in the brain, making you see and hear things that aren't there. Also there is some speculation (I think) as to whether parnate degrades to amphetamine in the body. I'll bet the lack of sleep isn't helping either. Have you tried sleeping aids like low dose antipsychotics (seroquel comes to mind)?
Obviously this is something you don't want to be experiencing regularly. Talk to your doc, don't put it off if you're concerned he'll take you off stimulants, he may be as likely to add a sleep aid or adjust the parnate dosage. Either way psychosis is pretty serious so definitely get his feedback.
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