Posted by delna on October 7, 2009, at 7:46:50
In reply to Re: being 'out of it' » delna, posted by Sunbath on October 6, 2009, at 6:07:37
> Hi, sorry I forgot to answer your question about why I'm taking Parnate:
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> yes I tried really much before and nothing was helping much. I noticed some little effects from some SSRIs/SNRIs but nothing to talk home about and these little effects pooped out really fast. I even don't know if it might have been only placebo effects. Ok that's not completely true, I really think paroxetine once helped me reducing my OCD symptoms 6 years ago!
> In the past I've tried (not in this order) paroxetine, sertraline, citalopram, escitalopram, venlafaxine, milnacipran, reboxetine, different atypical neuroleptics (always in combination with ssris or snris), mirtazapine, trazodone, nortriptyline (only for 10days I couldn't take the side effects, couldn't sleep), buspirone (in combination), tianeptine. Most of those drugs I tried in combination with other drugs. Example: mirtazapine + venlafaxine. Most of the antipsychotics I couldn't tolerate with the exception of ziprasidone. But it didn't help me against OCD and I really don't like taking APs anyway.Ziprasidone is magic isn't it! But like you it didn't help my OCD so I added Lexapro. I hope the Parnate works for OCD too. I posted on an OCD board and some people said it was great for their treatment resistant OCD.
> I also tried some TCAs but didn't tolerate them or was too afraid of weight gain.
> That's why I'm now trying Parnate and I of course really hope that it will work and that those side effects pass. As mentioned in another post I already begin noticing some strange but very pleasant effects :) I also think that my social anxiety improved a little bit already. Of course I don't know whether those effects are transient and maybe only acute (side-) effects of parnate than the real -longer lasting- antidepressant effects..
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> I really hope it will work for both of us!Me too. Saw my pdoc today and he increased to 20mg. As for the modafinil I asked him what the maximum I could go up to and he said 200mg! That was disappointing news because I usually need 400mg to stay alert and have been allowed 600mg by a very senior pdoc in NYC.
My pdoc here said he would look up how high is safe with Parnate but (as we found) there is no information supporting modafinil with Parnate. But he really feels the Parnate will itself be stimulating and that these are early days. Hope it makes us both feel better. Keep in touch even if its by babblemail.
Love D
> Good luck!!!
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