Posted by JadeKelly on January 13, 2009, at 17:45:01
In reply to Re: Changed my mind (Thanks to Jade and Scott) ;-) » JadeKelly, posted by Vincent_QC on January 13, 2009, at 14:40:06
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> > Hi Vincent!
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> > I'm keepin the faith! Sorry you are having trouble getting you're dose increased. Will they ever increase it? Or do they think 30mg is good permanently? It seems like they would know that you may have to increase at some point from your starting dose. How long have you been at 30mg? You sound cheerful so that's good! Having some /alot of good days? I hope so. Wellness doesn't happen overnight, does it? At least not for me, haha! Have you been going out more? Thats my goal, is to get out more.
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> > Well I will wish you luck for your appointment!
> > Let me know how you do.
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> > ~Jade
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> Hi Jade!
> Well, no i'm not going out more...in fact I need more and more energy and motivation to go out, just to get clean and dress make me tired as hell...I feel completly empty of any energy after so my evening are not very funny for now...I had more fun night before the Parnate I think...
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> I had a very miserable day yesterday, return in force of side-effects, high blood pressure, muscles pain, headache...On the top of that, I had a phone call from the office of my Pdoc, my appointment is reported to next week...aparently...the Pdoc have an emergency tomorrow...I don't see the point of being reported only next week...that's a long time, one week for an emergency...lol I was not really happy this morning...
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> So, I change my mind again, no i'm not bi-polar...lol
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> I think I need to take a small break of the Parnate, something inside it is not made for me...I never had any problem with the Nardil except the daytime sedation (Parnate do the same to me anyway at daytime) and orthostatic hypotension but at a dose of 90mg/day, not at 75mg or 60mg... I had a more normal life, I was going to the university at the same time, yes I was tired often, but never at the same level than now...
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> With the Nardil, I will have a more large dose range, between 60mg to 90mg...with the Parnate it's limited 30mg , and it will be probably the maximum I will be able to have from my Pdoc...and I don't think my Pdoc will want to discuss and read the studies about high doses uses of Parnate on treatment resistant patient, he start me at 15mg/day on the Nardil...for 1 whole month...you can see a little bit how he work...veryyyy ssssllllooooowwwwww doooossseeee to "minimise" the side-effects...I just think it's make them last longer in fact...and make the results appears more later...
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> So, this week i'm off the Parnate again, I will stay with my Valium only...taking more of it if I feel the need of more...and I will have a long talk with my Pdoc next week about what we do and the choice of another treatment...
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> Even if you told me 10 times before that the side-effects fade away with time on the Parnate, I just feel tired to be on it, especially tired of the hi and low I have on it...
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> I think I should ask to return to the Nardil as a first option or discuss about going on a TCA's (but I doubt they are effective for social phobia and anxiety), at least The Nardil is a good classic MAOI, more stable for me, I never had any high blood pressure on it, in fact my blood pressure was lower than usual on it. I was able to live a more normal life and didn't care about having a spontaneaous hypertensive crisis and things like that.
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> So that's all...Another day in my life...and a not very good one...but well that's life...I will post an update after my Pdoc appointment for sure ;-)
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> Thanks for your support and take care of you ;-)
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> Bye!
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> Vincent ;-)
Hi Vincent!I'm sorry you had such a crappy day. And to have to wait another week when you're making big decisions here. I'm sure its frustrating. As for the change, I'm behind ya no matter what you choose! I'm sure you'll come up with what's right for you!
I sure do know what you mean about the fatigue. The insomnia is gone unless I want to stay up. My BP is fine. The only thing that's left is that darn daytime fatigue. I don't ever sleep, I just feel like I wanna lay around. I'm hoping when this kicks in like it did before I'll have the energy, too. It wasn't speedy energy, it was just my normal state which I was pretty energetic before depression. So, I don't blame you one bit. Let me know how much your energy level returns, I'm curious. For me though, I felt this way before I took Parnate so, hard to figure out whats causing what!
Let me know how you are over the next few days.
You'll get it figured out and we're here if you wanna "talk"!~Jade
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