Posted by ColoradoSnowflake on December 23, 2009, at 14:22:54
In reply to Scott +mtdewmcu » SLS, posted by floatingbridge on December 23, 2009, at 10:33:36
Hi!
My house if full of kids and grandkids and dogs. I've sneaked off for a quick minute.When I came down from 80mg to 60mg parnate it triggered bad SEs for me. Terrible itching all over, bad chills and dizziness. Plus parnate kicks in my rheumatoid arthritis significantly.
Its been a month and I still have all those sides.
Plus I have a little reynauds syndrome (my two sisters have always had it bad) of the autoimmune variety, so I'm cold all the time and have also worn my UGGS to bed!!
I have more memory problems and the balance stuff is just as bad, maybe even worse. I am again feeling really unsteady, lurching around.
I think I'm very ALLERGIC TO PARNATE! That possible fact is freaking me out!
The ONLY AD that ever worked for me was Wellbutrin. I had absolutely zero side effects from it. I was at 450mg for years. It helped me about 65%. I tried just about every add-on out there with bad results.I'm wondering if I could come way down on the Parnate(it's the only drug that's ever hit that deep deep place where the worst fear and suicide reside), and add Welbutrin? I didn't know you could take the two together?? I am also taking 5mg or 10mg (every other night) nortriptyline and that seems to keep the insomnia at bay, so I would keep that. It makes me tired the next day so I don't want to increase it. I also don't want to mess with it because it keeps me from having insomnia!! I'd also need to keep taking Provigil 150-200mg/day.
It doesn't take much Parnate to hit that "spot".
I'm afraid if I don't do something the allergic reaction is going to get worse and worse and I won't be able to take parnate at all! Terrible!What do you'all think?
Is that a possibility???
Got to go....
Hope this season is going ok.
Scott, sounds like the drug switch isn't going well. That's a bummer. But it WILL get better. What a time to be doing all that! Good luck!!Hugs to you all,
Gayle
ps Scott, thanks so very much for the lovely encouragement. I think it's a miracle for most of us that we are alive. That's huge!!
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