Posted by Anna P. on October 23, 2000, at 14:05:56
In reply to Re: Parnate Ant-Rock » Anna P., posted by Ant-Rock on October 19, 2000, at 10:06:17
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> Hello Anna, the reason I haven't posted about my Lithium-Parnate combo, is that today is only my 7th day on 300mg lithium, added to 40mg Parnate, 600mg Adrafanil. Tomorrow I am supposed to increase to 600mg lithium, so I figured I would post after a week at 600mg lithium to have a better idea of its efficacy. So far , no side- effects at least.
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> Unfortunately, after a fair trial of reboxetine/parnate combo, I didn't experience any improvement, and I went up to 8mg rebox. I was hoping the Rebox would jump-start the parnate,but it was not to be. I feel that the parnate has lost most of its effect.Over the years, each time I've taken it , it has worked to a lesser degree.
> I must say, i went very slowly adding the rebox, since this was unexplored territory, and didn't incur any negative side-effects, but i would definitely let your doctor know if you decide to take this route. You probably would be fine introducing 1/4 tab parn. while also titrating down the rebox., but this is just my opinion.
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> Hopefully the increase in lithium tomorrow will bring about some relief, but only time will tell.
> I will post my parnate/lithium experience in the near future.
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> Thank you Anna for your concern, it means a lot.
> If I can answer any other questions, feel free to ask me. Good luck with any decision you decide to make.
> Sincerely
> AnthonyHi Anthony,
Most of all, thank you for your advice and assurance - it means a lot to me too.
Somehow it calmed me down. I talked with my doctor and he advised me to do a washout with Moclobemide, or start Parnate at 1/4 tablet at my own risk.
He is one of the best psychopharmacologists, and he said he had cases with Parnate-Reboxetine interactions. Well, for me restarting Moclobemide didn't make any sense as the last time I was on it, it barely worked.
I started Parnate at 1/2 tablet last Friday. On Saturday evening my BP went up to 130/90, and I was scared. I took some Lorazepam and I was fine. I want to increase Parnate further now.Now another topic. Anthony, you've wrote that you expect some relief from the higher dose of Lithium.
Can you explain what does it mean to you?
Does Lithium increase your energy?I will tell you about my Li experience. I took Li for 10 days with Reboxetine that doesn't work for me anymore. I hoped that Li will bring back some of my response to Reboxetine. Well, it did nothing at 300 mg, and I kept slowing down. No good or bad side effects. After 10 days I started to cry for 2 days, and be extremely nervous. I stopped Li immediately. I need a medicine that helps, not getting me worse.
Like my old combo Moclobemide + Revia: controled anxiety and gave me 100 % self control. So I don't know how Lithium works. Maybe it works better with Parnate?Anthony, is Adrafinil helpful?
Best wishes,
Anna P.
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