Posted by vince on April 8, 2001, at 22:30:18
In reply to Re: Need help, medication advice, ssri/tca/adrafinil, posted by SalArmy4me on April 8, 2001, at 3:21:01
> I'm sure that everyone on this board will concur that desipramine has the least side-effects of the tricyclics.
SalArmy, thanks for the response I'll consider having my doctor switch me to desipramine. Right now I'm getting the best of both the ssri and tca worlds, sexual impotence and constipation.
I've read that Desipramine has fewer aniticholinergic side effects than other TCA's but what about weight gain and drowsiness?
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> Why not just try the Neurontin and Prozac
together without the nortriptyline? How do you know that these two will not work by themselves?I know that, for me, Prozac alone is worthless - unless I decide to become a priest and need to live a celibate life. I've tried Prozac with Lamictal and Prozac with Risperdal without benefit.
The idea here is to combine an SSRI with a TCA to see if the combination does anything. My doctor wanted me to drop the Neurontin for our little ssri/tca experiment but I'm not willing to give up the only thing that has ever made a difference even if the Neurontin only helps partially. That is why the neurontin is in the mix.
Vince
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