Posted by spike4848 on February 19, 2002, at 19:24:54
In reply to To Spike4848, posted by Dave1 on February 19, 2002, at 15:41:16
> I was wondering did you feel the entire effect
> right away or did it build over several days/weeks?Hey Dave,
Yes, I was on imipramine and lithium. I started the imipramine first .... some studies hinted that the TCA had to be in place first. So I titrated the imipramine up to about 100 mg per day over a week, then start 300 mg of lithium. About 5 days later, it was like a light switch. I wanted to live again. I wanted to breath the air, I wanted thrive at work, I wanted socialize. So it worked fairly quickly, studies postulate that lithium enhances serotonin transmission at the post synaptic region. Many people get effects in the first two weeks.
I ended up at 200 mg of imipramine and 900 mg of lithium (lithium level was 0.6).
Hang in there. Hope this helped.
Spike
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