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Reviewer: JohnMly, 35-44 Male on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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I've had moderate to severe depression since my early 20's. The SSRI's were not very effective - lots of side effects that made life unenjoyable- though I know they are very effective for others. This turned out to be a "miracle" drug. I took it at the height of one of my depressions and one or two days later felt significantly better. At small dosages I did not feel any side effects. At
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Reviewer: Mudd d, 45-54 Male on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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I've been on Parnate for such a long time I guess its in my intermost parts of my brain. I tried to quit it and get on Paxil but, the side effects of paxil on me was just too much to take and I did a slow taper off of parnate too. It does'nt work too good on me, but it still does help some.
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Reviewer: jwthei@comcast.net, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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Reviewer: onemoore, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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Have tried everything from hospitals, ECT, medication, hypnosis etc! Parnate & lithium combo seems to have the best effect for me but now would like to be pregnant -has anyone advice with what to expect? I suffer the usual side effects like dizzyness, anxiety, blurred vision, however there doesn't seem to be any proven information on the effects of partnate and pregnancy. I still suffer severe
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Reviewer: dls, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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Exactly what I feared has happened. After trying many different (types of) drugs over the years, I was put onto parnate. I really expected it to work, as it was the last-resort. I have had ECT and even that didn't work. I didn't mind the diet etc, even though I did have to go to ER once with one of those famous parnate headaches.
However, I have just come off parnate as it is just not working
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