Posted by ChrisK on February 19, 2000, at 7:17:03
In reply to Re: those experienced with nortip (pamelor) apply here, posted by JohnL on February 19, 2000, at 4:33:01
I am currently taking 100 mg of Nortrip per day. I didn't react to SSRI's at all. My father was depressive and did well on amitriptyline so I asked my pdoc if we could give the TCA's a try. Due to some liver problems and a history of suicide problems he put me on Nortrip instead of one of the other TCA's.
It defiinitely made an improvement over anything I had tried before. The only other one in the past I reacted to was Immiprimine. The only problem was that it didn't bring me all the way back to something close to normal. I still had suicidal ideations so he gave me a medium dose of Zyprexa that got me over that hump.
Now I have a cocktail that includes Nortrip, Zyprexa, Naltrexone and Wellbutrin. It's working so far. I have had the most normal feeling this winter than I've had in 20 years. I would definitely give the Nortrip a chance as you haven't responded to the SSRI's.
Good Luck with it,
Chris
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