Posted by kagome on February 22, 2012, at 15:59:27
Hi, I'm new here, but I've followed a lot of the threads. I was hoping that I could get some of the impressive expertise Ive been reading in regards to my situation. I just titrated up to 30mg Parnate, and the exhaustion is driving me crazy. What's strange is that I'll have an elevated heart rate and mentally feel anxious and irritable after taking it, but body-wise I feel extremely heavy and like everything takes too much effort. Even with the racing heart I'm taking a two-hour nap during the day and sleeping all night. I tried messing around with timing - like taking at 6pm, 9pm and midnight but same result. I'm also taking Wellbutrin, which should help with fatigue, but only seems to make the irritability worse.
I just got off Lamictal two weeks ago on a dentist's recommendation, and started Parnate last week. I know I'm just in that miserable stage when you're dealing with the side effects of a medication and not getting the benefits and I should just be patient, but I'm feeling a little desperate. The exhaustion and irritation are terrible for me in terms of suicidal ideation. Does anyone have any advice/ideas/words of wisdom?
Sorry for the long post, thanks for reading!
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