Posted by happy on January 10, 2002, at 21:16:16
In reply to recommendations to take to your doctor » happy, posted by CalvaryHill on January 10, 2002, at 4:46:43
> I think you might be a candidate for naltrexone (ReVia) therapy to cut down on alcohol cravings--that is if its your prerogative to quit. Some people claim that naltrexone has antidepressant properties too (http://www.dr-bob.org/tips/split/Aug-antidep-with-naltrex.html)
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> I heard this one person say "AA is for _quitters_" and I thought that was pretty funny.
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> The anticholinergic properties of some tricyclic antidepressants are very useful for profuse sweating (http://www.dr-bob.org/tips/split/Sweating-from-antidepressa.html). I found nortriptyline to be the most tolerable.
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> Thank you for contributing to our group...
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> CalvaryHillCalvary,
Thank you so much for your advice. I'll do a little research and bring this up when I have my appt. Thanks so much for the links. I guess I could say I'm one of those that has just given up, and therefore don't realize that there is constantly good, new information out there (I haven't seen my pdoc for almost a year and of course it takes a few weeks to get an appt). The interesting thing is that despite the increase in information about mental illness, I swear the stigma becomes greater. It becomes frustrating.
Happy
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