Posted by Tomatheus on August 4, 2013, at 12:50:02
In reply to Psychosis or not: heres what i think now:, posted by Lamdage22 on August 4, 2013, at 6:37:10
Hi Lamdage,
I of course don't know the ins and outs of how Parnate has been affecting you, but I tend to think based on reading what you've written here as of late that your statements about feeling too alert, feeling like you're in a fight-or-flight state, and feeling as though you're enlightened and in need of saving the world while taking the medication are accurate. I think that the decision as to whether or not you should discontinue Parnate in favor of something else is one that should be between you and your doctor, and I think that it should ideally be done after both you and your doctor have carefully evaluated both the benefits you and others have noticed from the Parnate and the drawbacks that you and others have noticed from taking the medication. You've already noted some of the drawbacks that you've noticed since starting Parnate. In what ways do you think that you might be benefiting from the medication?
If a decision is ultimately made to discontinue Parnate, I think that tryptophan and 5-HTP might be among the antidepressant treatments that you'd want to consider, but I would also seek your doctor's input on how to proceed as far as the treatment of your depression is concerned. I would also probably take a look at what treatments you've responded well to in the past. You mentioned that Effexor brought on sexual side effects for you, but how was it as far as effectiveness was concerned? Might dosing be an issue? If I were in your position, I'd also want to evaluate what your depression looks like when it's untreated and the extent to which taking an antidepressant might help to reverse the symptoms you notice when you're not receiving any treatment. Might psychotherapy help? How have you responded to psychotherapy in the past?
I'm not sure that I have much specific advice to offer other than to get your doctor's input on how to proceed treatment wise and to ask yourself some questions (such as those that I posed) concerning your treatment. I do, however, tend to think that your odds of getting out of the hospital will probably be increased if you do something different than what you've been doing treatment wise. I might or might not be correct in this assessment, but I wonder about the extent to which the antidepressants that you've been taking might be doing more harm than good, and I tend to see doing something different as the most beneficial strategy to try in your situation. But as I said, I could be wrong.
As usual, I wish you the best of luck with your treatment.
T.
Conditions:
* chronic fatigue, hypersomnia, and related symptoms
* schizoaffective disordertomatheus.blogspot.com
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