Posted by delna on October 16, 2009, at 11:35:32
Hi,
I've been taking Parnate for a few weeks now for suicidal bipolar depression. I also have SEVERE OCD (as a totally separate disorder) that's nothing to do with depression. It becomes psychotic really fast but I am an excellent responder to SSRI's and SNRI's (so it usually does not come to that).What my pdoc failed to tell me (till today) was that he was not totally sure if Parnate would keep the OCD away. Unfortunately serotonin based drugs cannot be added to Parnate and from what I have read so far (in journals) Parnate has very little benifit in OCD.
But I wanted to know if anyone has had personal experience with Parnate and OCD.
Currently I am considering giving Parnate up anyway (for various reasons) and if I am not pretty confident it will stop my OCD from returning then that will tip the balance for me- I will give it up immediately instead of taking that chance (since the wash out period and withdrawal means I have to wait before adding an SSRI/ SNRI and in the mean time I may fully lose my mind!!! No kidding!)I would really appreciate anyone's personal experiences with Parnate and OCD. Good and bad.
I even posted on an OCD board and only one woman said it helped her but there are more Parnate users here so hopefully......Thanks so much.
Love
DPS: Antipsychotics do little to keep the OCD away- they only help with the psychotic component. Plus I developed a TD reaction on one so I don't want to risk it.
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