Posted by IsoM on February 11, 2002, at 19:42:55
In reply to Everyone's Depression is Real, posted by spike4848 on February 11, 2002, at 18:47:42
Sid & Spike - I know some people's reasons for stopping a med are pretty lame but the degree of almost everything defers quite a bit. Mind you, when you're dead, you're dead or when you're pregnant, you're pregnant - no degree in that!
But the dry mouth I had from TCAs was so bad that I'd have to be primed first to be able to spit, if I wanted to. I couldn't talk for more than a minute or two without my mouth & right down my throat becoming so dry it hurt. I couldn't even try to pull up some saliva to wet my mouth. Gum, mints, OTC products & frequent drinking did nothing to help. It was really severe.
My constipation was pretty bad too but I found ways of improving matters some but still had to fall back on laxatives once a week just to clear myself. Spike, you know of paralytic ileus. It's not a common problem with TCAs but can happen too. I ate so much oat bran & various fibre, I felt more like a horse than person. That's why when SSRIs came along, I gladly switched meds.
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