Posted by g_g_g_unit on December 15, 2012, at 18:55:53
In reply to Re: Anxiety and dose » g_g_g_unit, posted by SLS on December 14, 2012, at 23:56:49
> I am dismayed to hear that you are doing so poorly. I had hoped to hear otherwise.
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> For me, the difference between Parnate 80 mg/day and 60 mg/day is the difference between response and non-response.
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> You might want to ask about adding lithium in dosages between 300 - 600 mg/day to augment the Parnate. I find the lower dosages are helpful to lessen the severity of depression and prevent mood lability. Higher dosages of lithium produce flat affect and passivity.
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> Combining desipramine or nortriptyline with Parnate or Nardil always helps me more than Parnate alone.
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> How do you react to Lamictal?
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> - ScottI know. It's sad. There's been a paradigm shift in my thinking -- often I had some way of remaining buoyed or hopeful between drug trials, but I just seemed to have settled into a mood of total dismay and futility.
Parnate helped my depression, but my anxiety was still quite prominent on it (I had a lot of OCD-related obsessions regarding the occurrence of a hypertensive crisis, which suggests it wasn't helping anxiety). However, I have heard some reports that it becomes more calming at higher doses. Looking back I was also very productive on it, and was able to take pleasure in things again, which has been rare for the past 4 years.
I have been in touch with one specialist, and have asked him the name of any psychiatrists he might recommend. Hopefully he gives me a lead ..
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