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Re: Abilify or Parnate Withdrawal?

Posted by Elanor Roosevelt on February 13, 2011, at 12:23:01

In reply to Re: Abilify or Parnate Withdrawal? » Elanor Roosevelt, posted by floatingbridge on February 3, 2011, at 15:49:23

Did parnate help w/pain initially? I'm curious because I am tapering off Cymbalta now. Worked incredibly well for pain, however the sides were intolerable.
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fb,
Did you gain weight on the Cymbalta? My pdoc is still unsure if it was the Cymbalta or the Abilify that caused my weigh gain. I did gain from 25 to 30 pounds rapidly. This is a great deal of weight for someone is 5'4"

After a long time on Parnate and Abilify and then just on Parnate, the pdoc started to reduce my dose as I was despondent when I considered I was as good as I would ever get again. Now that I am at 30mg of Parnate and nervous as all out, I am losing a little weight and my pain is abating. I've been exercising to stay strong and limber but I'm not convinced that exercise was an actual solution. I am also on 750mg of Lithium.
While working up in dose with the Parnate I did not experience these effects.
So now I am nervous and edgy and have yet another week I will put off changing meds as I have a job interview and I don't want any personality surprises.
I'm also wondering if I should try to hang in there and lose some weight as it's so impossible on most meds.
Sorry this is so convoluted. It reflects the way I form thoughts these days.


The short answer is yes, I do think the Parnate at 30mg lessens joint pain.
I do think low-dose Parnate allows weight loss through dieting.
However, I have not found sufficient relief from the depression (sigh)

I found the same to be true several years ago.
Good Luck FB


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