Posted by Jedi on December 31, 2007, at 12:23:24
In reply to Re: Parnate available-Phoenix1 » Jedi, posted by Phoenix1 on December 31, 2007, at 9:52:08
Hi Phoenix1,
Like your Doctor it seems that an antipsychotic is a big bang for "just" insomnia. But as we both know, if we can't sleep, we can't get well. I take only 25mg of Seroquel nightly. After over six months of use, I can count on being tired and ready for bed in half an hour. I sleep seven or eight hours nightly on it. I awake with a small hangover. This is fixed right up by a couple of cups of coffee. I am probably a little different than some people in that I am very sensitive to antihistamines. Even diphenhydramine hydrochloride(Benadryl) makes me really tired, but tolerance builds quickly. Seroquel is the best sleep aid I have used, mainly because of no tolerance to the somnolence effect. Seroquel's antagonism of histamine H1 receptors may explain this. Seroquel is used in dosages of hundreds of milligrams to treat psychotic conditions such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. 25mg just makes me sleepy.Once I reached an effective dose for me, I believe at first this was about 60mg; four or five weeks later the med kicked in. I have felt nothing like it with any other antidepressant. One day I was totally down and hopeless. The next day the answers were all clear. I did have some hypomania at first, but this felt good after being depressed for so long. The hypomania is not the true antidepressant effect of Nardil. When it goes away, some people interpret this as poop out. That is not the case. Be careful with hypomania, but don't let your MD take you off Nardil because of it. This to will pass.
I am currently on 90mg of Nardil. Because of my weight gain, I could probably be on more. The most quoted effective dose is 1mg/kg of body weight.
For me, I have been fighting the weight gain from the start. At one point I was up over 100 pounds. With a low carbohydrate diet and about two hours a day of exercise, I was able to lose about 70 pounds. Some of this has come back, but I'm still healthy and I am ready to work on it again. Oh, for the magic pill! For me, I think Nardil both lowers my metabolism and increases my natural urge for sweet carbohydrates. I think that is why the low carb diet works for me. If I don't eat any of it,(breads, chocolate, juices, etc.) my cravings are less. If I start on the sweet carbs, I can really binge on them.
Good luck. Nardil is "The Bomb" for atypical depression and social anxiety disorder.
Jedi
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