Posted by malcolm664 on June 1, 2007, at 23:15:36
In reply to Re: Advice from Parnate users please..football, posted by sophia04 on June 1, 2007, at 20:49:54
> Has anyone tried to take the bulk of their parnate early, say by 2:00 pm + provigil to avoid the insomnia and forgo the sleep aid?
>
> Thanks,
> SophiaI started out taking the Parnate in divided does, the first when I woke up and then the second dose around mid-day, but the exhaustion really got to me. So what Dr. Vittone suggested I do was to take divided doses in the evening, say 30 mgs around 6 pm and then the final 30 mgs right before bed. I was skeptical, b/c of the insomnia, but slowly it's becoming less and less of a problem.
So I've given up the Xanax XR although for now am still taking .75 mgs of the Klonopin, plus the Ambien. It's about 12 midnight right now and I'm about to hit the sack.
I'll post another message tomorrow about my sleep.
Malcolm
BTW, I asked him again about prescribing Provigil and he says that there's anecdotal evidence that combining stimulants with MAOI's is dangerous. I still think that he's over-reacting, but he's the doc and I sure as hell can't write myself a script for Provigil myself. And he seems to be a really competent physician, so I don't think that I ought to do anything against his wishes.
Malcolm
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