Posted by Karen44 on July 22, 2006, at 20:35:01
In reply to Re: staying awake on parnate, posted by elanor roosevelt on July 20, 2006, at 22:02:16
> Thanks Kim.
> I am making some progress taking 10 mg about every 2 or 3 hours. In the process of increasing to 50mg (with the approval of my doctor).
> I am getting less sleepy but still experience odd fatigue. I work out pretty steadily and what I was doing before the parmate is now more of a challenge than before.
> hanging in thereParnate worked fairly well for me with depression, and I am now wishing I had not stopped it. I am now in the process of trying Lamictal. Anyway, I was on 30 mg. of Parnate, all taken in the a.m. and went up to 40 mg. of Parnate all in the a.m. I was sleepy in the p.m. but then would have problems with not being able to sleep at night if any dosage was taken in the p.m. I think I did best in terms fo some compromise between depression and sleepiness at the 30 mg. level. I was not completely free from depresson but did not get so tired during the day. Going off of it has thrown me into a severe depression, and there was nothing to do but wait out the washout period before tryingin something else. My psychiatrist decided we should try Lamictal and 5 mg. of Moban at night. I just started this and am so depressed. This is the downside of an MAOI. If you end up needing to switch, it is a awful going through the washout period and starting something else and waiting to see if it works.
Karen
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