Thank you for your reply, Fly.
In fact, my psychiatrist has lowered the dose of both the Lamictal and the Abilify I'm on. And, as I say, he's also prescribed Lunesta to help me to sleep. I acknowledge that Lunesta, at least for me, is not to be used long term.
My psychiatrist has told me to get a full exam and I've had lab tests of my blood (Metabolic and Hepatic Panels) before he'll consider raising the dose of Parnate I'm on.
Thanks again.
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Originally Posted by deliquesce
parnate has been a life saver for me. that said, i am lucky in that i only have to be on 15mg.
found this info for you:
so from what i'm reading, if the average dose was ~59mg, then other ppl have also gone up higher.
but looking at the combo you are on - parnate, abilify and lamictal are all activating drugs. if sleep is a problem for you, it would make better sense (to me) to reduce the dosage of the other drugs a bit to help get the sleep back on track. i have always functioned better when ive been able to maintain my own sleep cycles without the use of medication for that. i dont know - maybe it's just me - but sleep whilst on sleeping pills feels very different to natural sleep.
i would encourage you to talk to your doc about your concerns, however. i've been on higher than recommended clinical maximum doses before without ill effects, but eventually we've decided that if i need to go that high then maybe a different drug would be more beneficial instead. that's how i came across parnate.
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