Posted by JayBTV2 on March 31, 2010, at 13:31:52
Hello,
Just wanted to post that I'm feeling great on Marplan. Switched from Parnate to Marplan after having BP issues w/ Parnate. This week has been fantastic. I've been enjoying things like playing guitar and going to the beach that I haven't been able to in a long while. I feel a lot more like my old self. Also I haven't gained a pound nor had any sexual problems at all.
I really hope this new mood/attitude continues. I'm still the starter dose of 20mg but saw my doc today and told him I wanted to stay at 20mg for now. Usually I want to get to the highest dose as quickly as possible (addictive personality) - so that's a great sign for me....
Anyway I find Marplan to be so overlooked as an alternative to Nardil and Parnate. There are only 2 reviews on Askapatient and there are hardly ever any threads here about it. I'm also my doctors first patient on Marplan...
Just wanted to post something positive in the event anyone was on the fence about trying it. Of course it's still very early but so far for me it seems to be the missing piece. If this does continue and turns out to be more than a "honeymoon" I'll have to pray they don't discontinue it again :/
I'm bipolar 1 and I also take:
Lamictal 200mg
Lithium 900mg
Seroquel 100mg (sleep)
Fish Oil (Miniami Pharmaceutical EPA)
Magnesium (glycinate)I'll try to post again if anything changes....
poster:JayBTV2
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