Posted by SLS on April 22, 2001, at 0:19:47
In reply to amytriptiline, and anger, posted by tina on April 9, 2001, at 8:34:54
Hi Tina.
> Does anyone know if irritation, intolerance and anger are associated with an increase in tricyclic dose? I've noticed my mood getting nastier and bitchier lately. It is hard to go to work. I work with the public and sometimes I just can't stand them and have wonderful fantasies about killing them in slow, agonizing ways. I'm also very short tempered and the anger doesn't fade away, it just gets bigger. Door slamming, kicking things, just generally annoyed all the time.
> If I can't handle something, I used to withdraw or cry, ow I bite off heads and throw things. Almost like a tantrum but I'm outside of myself, watching like I have no control over this alter-ego. it's creepy.
I found a citation that Cam W. offered in a post about a year ago. The study seems to have focused on patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD). That you used the word "tantrum" causes me to wonder if you have been diagnosed with BPD.
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Am J Psychiatry 1986 Dec;143(12):1603-5 Related Articles, Books, LinkOut
Paradoxical effects of amitriptyline on borderline patients.Soloff PH, George A, Nathan RS, Schulz PM, Perel JM.
A paradoxical increase in suicide threats, paranoid ideation, and demanding and assaultive behavior occurred among 15 borderline inpatients receiving amitriptyline in a double-blind study. This pattern differed significantly from that of 14 nonresponding patients receiving placebo.
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Controlled clinical trialPMID: 3538914 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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