Posted by malcolm664 on June 2, 2007, at 11:58:40
In reply to Re: Advice from Parnate users please..football, posted by malcolm664 on June 1, 2007, at 23:15:36
> > Has anyone tried to take the bulk of their parnate early, say by 2:00 pm + provigil to avoid the insomnia and forgo the sleep aid?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sophia
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> I started out taking the Parnate in divided does, the first when I woke up and then the second dose around mid-day, but the exhaustion really got to me. So what Dr. Vittone suggested I do was to take divided doses in the evening, say 30 mgs around 6 pm and then the final 30 mgs right before bed. I was skeptical, b/c of the insomnia, but slowly it's becoming less and less of a problem.
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> So I've given up the Xanax XR although for now am still taking .75 mgs of the Klonopin, plus the Ambien. It's about 12 midnight right now and I'm about to hit the sack.
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> I'll post another message tomorrow about my sleep.
>
> Malcolm
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> BTW, I asked him again about prescribing Provigil and he says that there's anecdotal evidence that combining stimulants with MAOI's is dangerous. I still think that he's over-reacting, but he's the doc and I sure as hell can't write myself a script for Provigil myself. And he seems to be a really competent physician, so I don't think that I ought to do anything against his wishes.
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> Malcolm
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>Well it's close to 1 pm on Sun afternoon and I woke up about a hour ago, so I'd say that I slept really great (in fact, too well); I initially woke up at around 8:30 am, but then fell right back to sleep; so the Ambien must be working.
I'm taking 12.5 mgs.
And I had no problems actually falling asleep. Of course, it's only one night, but I think I'll try breaking the pill in half tonight and see what happens. It could also be that I've been so deprived of a really great night's sleep ever since starting the Parnate, that the Ambien just allowed me to just catch up.
I just hope that waking up in the AM will not be a problem in the future while on Ambien. Nothing's worse than getting to work late.
Either way, it feels great!
best-
Malcolm
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