Posted by Tomatheus on March 24, 2013, at 16:02:52
In reply to PARNATE Disruption Of Circadian Rhythm, posted by vanvog on March 24, 2013, at 1:54:12
Vanvog,
I wouldn't say that I experienced the kinds of disruptions to my circadian rhythm that you have been experiencing when I took the American Parnate (which was made by GlaxoSmithKline at the time), but I did experience drowsiness in the afternoon that led me to discontinue the medication. The problem that I faced with that version of Parnate was that I too couldn't avoid taking afternoon naps, and I basically ended up sleeping through afternoon and evening classes that I was taking at the time. I probably would have ended up failing the classes if I had continued to take Parnate because there was nothing I could do to avoid sleeping during the afternoon while I was on that medication (or at least the American version of it).
Interestingly enough, I experienced no afternoon drowsiness when I took a generic version of Parnate that's made by a company called Goldshield for the U.K. When I took the Goldshield version of tranylcypromine by itself, I experienced a significant reduction in my fatigue and related symptoms that lasted for about three days before the response faded. The same thing happened when I tried increasing the dose of the medication. So, while I didn't get any long-term benefits from taking the Goldshield tranylcypromine by itself, afternoon drowsiness was not a problem for me on that particular version of the medication.
Tomatheus
Dx: schizoaffective disorder
Treatments: Abilify & Chinese ginseng
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