Posted by delna on October 15, 2009, at 11:51:39
In reply to Re: Parnate giving up, posted by Sunbath on October 15, 2009, at 11:07:06
Hi
Thanks for the input.I wrote a letter to my doctor(hand delivered by my dad) but he hasn't replied/ called back . I wrote exactly what I wrote in my post here about giving it up and the reasons for doing so. My mum has tried calling him several times but he is not answering. She thinks he is washing his hands off me and doesn't want to see me anymore....I probably ask too many questions and doctors here HATE that.
Honestly, I do not want to give it up because that means I only have one other option left (efexor ++) and I'm not looking forward to that.Plus I don't know if it will even work considering that I was on Lexapro when this suicidal depression emerged (and welllbutrin, lamictal, provigil). So I really wish there was a way to make this drug work as it is almost my last resort. Plus the next 15 days are not going to be pleasant if i do give up.
I appreciate what you guys are saying- that perhaps I need to go up faster and frankly I have read that the starting dose is 30mg (Stahl) but my doctor is so incompetent and indifferent. He's not answering his phone, not calling back. This is not a drug I can titrate up myself and all the info I have on what to expect from this drug I have gotten from this board. My pdoc is just dragging this out and not giving me any feedback or telling me what to do.
As far as the effects of this drug go I cannot tolerate the sedation.I slept all today even though my last dose was at night. If he knows that higher doses give better/ more activating results why isn't he doing anything? My guess is that he knows nothing (having given this drug to 7-15 people during his 30 years of practice). Incidentally I found this out after he had started me on it already!
It's sad and scary but he is supposed to be the best pdoc in Mumbai (possibly India-wide) and I have found him to be MUCH better than the rest. I don't think there is another pdoc here who even prescribes Parnate.Sunbath, I could try taking small doses all day to avoid the hypotension (that makes sense) if I was continuing it. Without my pdoc I cannot move forward. I don't even know if I should take it tonight as I haven't had any all day (and its 10pm here. If I continue it I will try daytime dosing as you are suggesting...
Maxime, I'm sorry you too feel bad and I hope you come out of this depression and settle on this drug. So many people seem to have been helped bu this drug.
Anyway, thanks guys for the feedback and support.
I'm not sure what I will do....this is not a drug I dare take/ play with without a pdoc's input and guidance.Take care
Love
D
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