Posted by pedr on November 5, 2001, at 7:45:10
Hi there,
I've had severe depression for about 7 years and have tried sertraline, lustral, st john's wort and effexor xl [all seperately]. The sertraline, lustral and st john's wort made my depression unbearably worse [shaking, jelly legs, terrifying black visions].The effexor xl helped but gave me terrible stomach ache and constipation.
Now I've been on Surmontil [a.k.a. trimipramine] for 5 months. It's had the best effect so far out of the drugs I've tried but I still get terrible anxiety and feelings of depression most days. 3 weeks ago my shrink started me on a concurrent course of 8 mg reboxetine. It's not really helped as far as I can tell.
I want to hear people's opinions on the drug's I've tried. I also would like to hear what people think about my current combination. Even better, some suggestions for other drugs and drug combinations to try would be brilliant. Over here in the UK, drugs are only given one at a time from what I've experienced and heard.
Many thanks in advance,
pedr.
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