Posted by Karen44 on June 27, 2006, at 23:50:07
In reply to Having a Life with Parnate, posted by elanor roosevelt on June 25, 2006, at 15:01:03
I used to take Parnate some 20 years ago, and I found it to be activating and energizing. I took 30 mg. per day at that time, all in the a.m. I took it for around 10 years, and in my mind it helped me get through graduate school.
Anyway, around two years ago I started getting depressed again due to developing some serious health problems that are now resolving. I have not found Parnate to be as effective as it was in my younger years. I got up to taking 40 mg. per day all in the a.m. and found it did cause some sleepiness in the p.m. (I think). I say I think it did because I also learned I had sleep apnea,and this may have been the cause of the sleepiness. I never found it to cause any problems other than the inability to go to sleep at night if I took it in the p.m. I used to like it because of the amphetamine-like qualities. This was when my depression was more of a type of depression where I did not want to get out of bed ever. This time my depression has been more of an agitated depression and perhaps why it does not seem to help. I am now trying to go off of Parnate and am down to 10 mg. per day to see if I can be okay off of it. I have noticed depression returning after going down to the 20 mg. level, but I want off of it anyway. I want to see if I can manage without any antidepressant medication, and if not, then I will consider going back on something.
Karen
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