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Re: Parnate stuff

Posted by Elizabeth on August 26, 2001, at 11:25:32

In reply to Re: Parnate stuff » Elizabeth, posted by Lorraine on August 25, 2001, at 17:26:31

> That sounds promising. You might try them during a washout if your pdoc is willing.

Washout?

> Was it helpful as in activating or as in cognitively?

Increased alertness and improved attention. I think I mentioned that it also helped my to maintain a normal circadian rhythm, something I've had trouble with since infancy. I would take it first thing in the morning, feel awake and clear-headed by the time I needed to go to class, and start getting tired close to when I should be going to bed rather than in the late afternoon or early evening. (Most effective antidepressants have made this worse, not better.)

I think that salt for orthostatic hypotension is a fine idea (it doesn't have to be in tablets). Be sure you're getting enough fluids, too. French fries (the salt-supersaturated ones from McDonald's) and Gatorade was my favourite cure.

> > Dermatitis -- skin inflammation. Causes include autoimmune reactions, repeated contact with irritants, fungal infection, etc.
>
> sounds a lot like my rash, doesn't it? So your's stayed until you quite Parnate?

Yes, but it only appeared after I'd been on Parnate for a while, so it's not clear that there was a relationship. Plus I've had atopic eczema before. It was probably just a flareup.

> > Well...what other drugs have caused rashes for you, if any?
>
> Penicillan, anti-malarial med (not a sulfate); the stuff they scrub you down for surgery; and maybe, although, my memory is faint here sulfer antibiotics--

Do you mean sulfa drugs? (Bactrim, Septra, etc.)

> >The sympathomimetic effect (hyperventilation) is something you should adjust to after taking it for a while.
>
> You think?

I'm pretty sure. I had it on Parnate too when I first started taking it.

> I am somewhat of a colour freak. Each room is a different colour with a different colour trim.

Oh, you're painting the inside! That sounds fun. I imagine you (for whatever reason) as being an artistic, creative person, and your description of how you're playing with the paints seems to confirm that. The colours you're using sound very earthy.

> > I sleep better on ADs than off them.
>
> OK, that's right because you are not atypical depression and I am.

I'm not convinced that people who have atypical depression are sleeping *well*. They sleep a lot, but it seems like they never feel rested. Does that sound right?

> > No, not RLS. I think I must have mentioned this before: I have a sleep disorder which causes me to retain skeletal muscle tone during REM sleep. As a result, I move around in my sleep trying to act out my dreams.
>
> Do you wake up tired? Do your muscle get a chance to rebuild themselves?

Neither. The problem is that sometimes I awaken myself (usually by jumping out of bed) and other times I have attacked the person next to me in my sleep (!). (Nothing serious, but it does freak them out sometimes.)

> Still holding even with Desipramine?

Yup. I'm pleased.

> I'm still waiting with the rash and then if that turns out ok, then I'll wait to see if I can increase my dosage very slowly over time and deal with the sleep problems. No headache today again.

Good -- maybe you're adjusting to it. I hope it works out for you.

-elizabeth


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