Posted by delna on March 7, 2009, at 4:02:25
Hi
I suffer from terrible lethargic depression as a part of bipolar.
I have just been put on Parnate (along with my mood-stabalizers and stimulant) but its making me soooo sleepy. I have been reading so much here about being stimulated on parnate plus thats why my doctor put me on it- to wake me up. But it really is not helping the sleepiness- making it worse actually.
I sleep all day when I'm on SSRI's and SNRI's havent been particularly good either.
Funnily enough the most stimulating drug I have had is Geodon. At low doses 40-60mg it stimulates and its also a good AD. What was so strange was that when I took the dose, I was comotosed within a few hours and couldnt open my eyes so I had to take it at night. But the next morning I had more energy (in combination with my old usual drugs) than I have ever had in my life. I even held down a really challenging 9-9pm job for the first time ever.
Sadly it gave me neuropathic pain that responeded very little to drugs so I had to withdraw. I have tried abilify and its really doing nothing for me.
I want to change to a stimulating AD or any other class of drug.
Has anyone had experience with a good drug that stimulates (apart from stimulants themselves) I'm really at a loss here and would love any input
Thanks
D
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