Posted by Questionmark on July 9, 2004, at 10:38:27
In reply to Re: My marplan experience » John, posted by Just a little... on July 9, 2004, at 9:58:19
> I'm currently on 30 mg's of parnate and 300 mg of lithium carbonate (which will be increased to 600 mg later this week), Overall I'd say I feel good. No problems with weight gain and my sleep is slowly but steadily improving as well.
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> Be that as it may my Pdoc says he doesn't notice an "adequate" anti depressant effect in me, meaning interest in things, social stuff... etc.
> Also my energy is kinda low in the afternoon which seems normal from what I've read.
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> We have been thinking about adding an amphetamine (even though they are contraindicated) to help me get through the morning and afternoon, but my Pdoc would like me to switch to Marplan first because of it's less severe side effects(?).
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> He is worried about my hypertension and tachycardia (in normal situations) which supposedly are caused by Parnate... He believes Marplan will not have these side effects in me.
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> The tachycardia part is indeed very annoying for me, I can't do a proper target heartrate workout because my heart rate already is in it's optimal range... usually in the 110's when I start.
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> Has anyone experienced tachycardia with Marplan? I really like to exercise and parnate is giving me a hard time.
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> Thanks and take care everyone =D
> Just a little... a.k.a. Falcoi've never used Marplan but i'm pretty sure it would be much less likely to cause tachycardia than Parnate. In fact, it very well might cause bradycardia to some extent.
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