Posted by Bill L on January 9, 2001, at 9:02:16
In reply to Need a diry blanket - Any ideas?, posted by shelby on January 8, 2001, at 13:02:52
Celexa is calming to me but it is another SSRI, not a tricyclic. Also Remeron is calming to a lot of people and it's also effective against depression but it causes an increased appetite for a lot of people at lower doses. This side effect is not as bad at higher doses of Remeron.
> I have been on anti-depressents for 10 years approx. I started out and am currently on elavil. Over the years, I have tried to get off meds but crash within a week. I have also tried the SSRI's (Effexor, Paxil, Prozac, Serzone, Desyrel, Zoloft, Wellbutrin) with no great results (insomnia, agitation, aggressiveness, felt like a wall was around me). I have started at low doses and slowly working my way up. I have also given these drugs a good amount of time (6-8 weeks give or take a week).
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> I have also tried St. John's Wort and trytophin. They did not work for depression either.
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> It seems like the older tricyclics work for me due to their "dirty blanket" abilities (not just targeting seretonin, norepinephrine or dopamine).
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> My question is - is there another tricyclic that is similar to elavil in no problems with sleeping but that gets my away from the carbohydrate cravings. As I go up in dose (winter time) so too, do my cravings.
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> I have tried doxepin (even worse carbo cravings!), trimipramine, ludiomil (really scary side effect - felt like I was going to have a seizure). These three were taken along with elavil so the side effect profile would be exacerbated (sp?). I have also tried imipramine by itself years ago but had night sweats, bad dreams and insomnia.
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> I need a calming anti-depressent. Is there such a one that is similar to elavil? Sorry for the long post. I have read the archives also trying to find info that would pertain to me.
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> Thanks
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> Shelby
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