Posted by Ame Sans Vie on February 25, 2003, at 20:50:32
In reply to Re: Non-controlled drugs for motivation? » Ame Sans Vie, posted by zeugma on February 25, 2003, at 20:23:00
Well, your mention of NE and irritability reminded me of a pretty nasty temper that developed while on Effexor and again on amitriptyline. I naturally have a bit of a short fuse and in fact have taken Tenex on and off in the past to control my anger, with quite a bit of success. In fact, the only reason I don't take it at the moment is because I never leave my house-- there isn't much in my room that pisses me off! lol But what I'm getting at is that, seeing as how a noradrenergic antagonist helped to calm me down and two separate NE-active drugs had me all strung out like that, maybe Strattera/Wellbutrin wouldn't be such great ideas? I mean, I'm always willing to give them a shot, but I'd much rather try something else first.
Other than the possibility of increased irritability/anxiety, I suppose I'm mostly worried about trembling, sweating... basically anything that could potentially trigger more anxiety. I'm just assuming that since NE-antagonists tend to minimize these symptoms, agonists/reuptake-inhibitors would tend to increase them. I suppose these things are hard to predict, though...
re: nortriptyline, this is a medication I've considered, but I have to wonder-- since amitriptyline didn't work out very well, would a trial of nortrip even be worth a shot? It's a metabolite of amitriptyline, right?
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