Posted by JadeKelly on December 21, 2008, at 12:35:33
In reply to Re: TRD/PARNATE LETHARGY HELP!!!! SCOTT + D/R » desolationrower, posted by JadeKelly on December 20, 2008, at 12:58:52
D/R,
Don't want to jinx myself but I gotta tell someone on this board, and YOUR IT! Not to make you jealous but to share what I did and hopefully this continues! Oh, I did tell Phillipa. She'd find out anyway. Day before yesterday, I took one 5mg Ritalin and felt nothing. I figured all the stim action in the Parnate canceled it out or something. But yesterday, it hit me around lunch time and hasn't stopped since. I feel like a normal human being! Like I did before depression! So I kept watch of my BP, it went up for small amount of time, then normal again. I was outa bed, cooked dinner, watched TV, haven't done that forever, spent time with my son and dogs. I'm on my 7th day of 60mg, and damn if that isn't when Scott said that it should kick in recently. And I forgot that till just now. No, I'm not imagining it. I asked him when to give it up and he said in one to three weeks after you hit your dose, for me he said 60mg (I would have gone to 70). So there it is! Ritalin (only one 5mg a day!) and 60mg of Parnate. Total time, 10 weeks. I've told you this but I took Ritalin for 12 years for ADD, and stopped a few months ago to try a/d's. Felt no withdrawal. My dose started at 5mg 3x day, then ended at 5mg 5x day, 12 years later. Never abused it. So there it is! I'll keep you posted, but if this continues, I highly recommed it. Oh, also taking klonopin 1mg 3x day. Don't need it but I'm not changing anything right now. If I start feeling tired again, I'll taper off the klon. And maybe add Lithium.
~Jade -
Btw-Thnx d/r for your help, hopefully all my pestering will help us both! This was one of two combos that PDoc in New york recommeneded for tr/dep: Parnate + stim + lithium. I have lithium so if I start goin south, I'll add that. Other was what we considered anyway: Parnate + Nort + ?
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