Posted by baseball55 on October 2, 2013, at 19:15:49
In reply to My doc is titrating up my Parnate dose v. slowly?, posted by Rahilka on October 1, 2013, at 22:05:06
He seems excessively cautious. The side effects of parnate are not so severe that you need to titrate to minimum therapeutic dose. I started on 30mg and found that worked for me and have stayed on 30mg. I had side effects -- mostly insomnia and postural hypotension, that's pretty much it -- and I don't think they could have been avoided by triturating. Parnate is not like lamictal, where the possibility of a serious rash needs to be carefully monitored over a few weeks.
Also, feeling short of breath is likely not due to parnate, but to your anxiety. At the dose you're at, I don't imagine parnate is doing anything, good or bad.
I can't speak to whether parnate helps anxiety. Perhaps others can.
Good luck.
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