Posted by Ritch on February 24, 2003, at 22:41:24
In reply to Ritch, posted by Rainbowlight on February 24, 2003, at 19:29:36
> Your right, I am going to have to try the Elavil all by itself tonight, without the Ativan. Especially since I see the pdoc this Friday, I need to be able to tell her. I feel so awful, depressed, blah. The good days of energy and bubbly (Remeron and Zoloft) are gone. I don't know what to do. Maybe I SHOULD go back on the Remeron and live with being overweight. I hate the way I feel. DO you think a Zoloft increase would help? I am back to that merely existing feeling again. And the obsessing is back (the mental nonstop anxiety type obsessing). I had that beat too, now it's back. SO frustrating. I don't have a clue.
Well for starters, do you feel zoned out in the mornings when you get up after taking your Elavil? It is pretty sedative for most, but you seem to tolerate sedative meds very well. When I was prescribed Elavil (10mg bid) back in the early '80's, I slept great and had reduced anxiety, but I lacked any spontaneity. People I worked with complained to me that I didn't have much of anything to say and that I was becoming *boring*. That's weird because I remember my focus increasing on the stuff. That's the kind of complaints I have heard when I was taking Adderall! I still think that your current probs with rumination have most to do with benzo withdrawal. Serious. Perhaps it would be best to continue a benzo?? OH, something they make still or not I don't know but they used to make "Limbitrol" tablets which were chlordiazepoxide+amitriptyline (Librium+Elavil), and those worked great for insomnia and anxiety. Librium has a long half-life. Maybe you could try one of those at bedtime? From what I remember they had several combos of AMI and LIB dosages.
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