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Posted by Willyee on January 8, 2005, at 20:09:24
Since quite a few people here have been mentioning the dreaded parnate poop out,i thought id let some know what im using now,which for NOW seems to be avoiding the poop out.
I can pinpoint exactly what is doing it,but im not concerned at the moment with that,i just want it to keep working,so heres what has been
First before i take a dose,i take about 3 tablespoons of.....yess lol jelly,no bread etc just 3 heaping spoons of jelly,i did this upon reading the impact grapefruit can have on substances helping some remian active longer,and of course the main ingredient is grapefruit.After this,i take one whole vivarin tab (200 mg caffeine) and two parnate.
This alone is usualy good enough,however if its not quite waiting 30 min and taking one more single tab alone,nothing else seems to push it there.
I do this process twice a day,one in the morning then in the evening.Vivarin had been helping but i think i was either taking to little or too much,taking the third tab as a single one with no vivarin seemed to break a barrier,the vivarin tab plus to parnate create the stimulate anti depressive effect,,,,,,and the single parnate alone a bit later on acts like a benzo where it nulls some of the anxiety from the first dose.I know it sounds silly,but silly or not i am more social at work,more at ease,more confident,im perfroming my job much better,and these past two weeks have been a lot easier.So if its any type of placebo which i doubt,then i dont mind at all.
Since i started having full days i began to want to sleep,if you can understand what i mean by that,so i have taken steps and have slept two weeks straight,so that also might contribute to the parnate working everday for two weeks now.I dont wanna get in to what i am taking to get to sleep i dont wanna make this post more in depth than it already is.
**** The vivarin tab makes a huge impact on the parnate dosage,taking the tab with the parnate is not the same as caffine intake from soda etc,it instead feels more like a med and has a synergy with the parnate upon taking it togther.One thing to note,when i first took the two togther a while ago,i had to go through that uncomfortable stage of the two meds,but it subsided and now they work togther easier than a benzo and parnate,so there more than likly will be a discomofort upon first trying the two togther.I am not recomedning this,i am sharing my info,please everyone who reads this and other posts dont blame a poster,we are adults and need to evalute our decisions when it comes to what we take.Just as i can read a post today about someone saying prozac saved their live,they loveeeeeeeeeeee it,i still will not touch it,never,i would not let a persons exper change my gut feeling on the danger it poses to me,i would advise the same on this post,good luck everyone sorry if i seemed to ramble!
Posted by Don_Bristol on January 10, 2005, at 14:59:34
In reply to Most recent parnate dealings, posted by Willyee on January 8, 2005, at 20:09:24
How effective (either quantitatively or subjectively) do you think the grapefruit juice is in potentiating your Parnate.
I have just posted about Lamisil (the anti-fungal) med seeming to potentiate my Parnate. I couldn't recommend taking Lamisil just for this purpose as it has a potentailly dangerous side effect profile and is also rather expensive.
However I would be interested in other meds or substances to potentiate Parnate.
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