Posted by SalArmy4me on July 28, 2001, at 12:41:51
In reply to 25 mg. nortrip. worth taking?, posted by shelby on July 28, 2001, at 10:19:47
I think you are only causing yourself extra side-effects with no appreciable antidepressant gain by taking only 25 mg of nortriptyline. The therapeutic dose window is about 25 mg 3-4 times daily to a max of 150 mg/ day.
I wish you could substitute venlafaxine for Elavil, but you probably have already tried that.
> I am currently taking 25 mg. nortriptyline in the a.m. and 60 mg. elavil at night. Is it worth it to keep taking the nortrip. as I have read the there is a small "window" for the effectiveness.
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> I'm having a bitch of a time with meds - 10 years - and I have to keep coming back to elavil. I find at low doses of elavil I get really irritable. My psy. doc. wants me to try neurontin at night along with elavil.
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> Any input??
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> thanks.
> shelby
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