Posted by 2sense on October 22, 2002, at 8:38:53
In reply to Anybody have experience with Nortriptylene????????, posted by joy on October 21, 2002, at 20:21:38
> My Neuro has me on Nortriptylene for migraines [and for help with anxiety and depression]. I started at 10 mgs and now am at 20 mgs. I also started to take Prozac in the a.m. to try to get additiional AD benefits. Has anybody been successful on Nortriptyline for headaches? depression? anxiety?
> Thanks.
> Joy
> My Neuro has me on Nortriptylene for migraines [and for help with anxiety and depression]. I started at 10 mgs and now am at 20 mgs. I also started to take Prozac in the a.m. to try to get additiional AD benefits. Has anybody been successful on Nortriptyline for headaches? depression? anxiety?
> Thanks.
> JoyI am very interested in this medication also. I am on Wellbutrin SR 150 mg 2X a day. The new psych doc started me on Effexor XR. After 3 days at 37.5 mg., the sexual side effects were there, no doubt. We discussed Pamelor (generic => Noritriptyline), but I didn't want an AD that was going to cause weight gain (e.g. Remeron, Depakote <-- mood stabilizer) plus I have trouble sleeping and he has me on Ambien which is sort of hit and miss at 10 mg. and at 20 mg. sometimes I conk out and have amnesia (a side effect on doses such as 20 mg.). The Pamelor was suggested if the Effexor XR played out as it did, we did discuss the "new" Celexa (Lexapro) but he said it really isn't all that it is billed to be. The worst of it is, in talking with him (I got his ear one on one in his office for 2 1/2 hours) is that the depression seems to be more situational than biochemical since if I am not doing the at home mom thing for the 1st grader and two trying teens (we are a family, myself and hubby included of AD/HD -- it is real, and without carefully monitored doses of Ritalin I cannot imagine life -- but one can't continuous (i.e., 24/7) be on any form of AD/HD med). I know how my body reacts to meds and was relieved we recently a medical research group reported it requires 20% more anesthetic to effectively "knock out" natural red-heads, which I am -- but no longer carrot-red as I was as a child :-) -- this explained a lot through the years. If I am out of the house and doing "stuff" -- I need to go back to work but that is another story ... I am perfectly fine. If there is a family crisis I pop into solution mode and there is no problem. The situation at home is depressing in a comprehensive way and is being dealt with but I believe I need to get out of the house. Since it is not feasible to do this on a regular basis in the near future -- I don't want to go through another holiday season with my kids feeling down in the dumps. For 7 years, I have had all sorts of surgeries and stuff .... Sort of a living and breathing example of Murphy's Law and/or pulling the short straw for nearly 40 years .... I told my psych doc that life has to get better. I said that 2 years ago and at that point I felt like a boxer in a ring, untrained but sparring anyway. The problem was everyone in audience had left, the guy who rang the bell to stop a round was gone, the lights were turned off and a metaphoric 2X4 would hit me when I had just recovered from the last “one”, and was emotionally and physically standing up and attempting to move on. Unfortunately, over the last 18 -24 months it seems like there is more than one 2X4 every time I attempt to get up -- again this is an analogy but a fitting one. So we're figuring an AD will expedite the situation ... but finding the right one --- well that is rub, as "they" say ... whoever they are.
2sense ... in need of a $'s worth of info :-) Thanks in advance I know one or more of you will have excellent input and/or direction .... Since stumbling across this site, I've never known anything different...
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