Posted by hopko on March 21, 2003, at 19:37:02
In reply to nortriptyline - under therapeutic level, posted by Jackster on March 19, 2003, at 3:13:58
Nortriptyline did not work for me at all and in fact caused my insomnia to worsen. I switched to Elavil and have never felt better in my life. My depression is gone, I am sleeping, I am not hungry (have lost ALL of my Remeron weight gain)and for once I actually feel happy. I am at 75mg at bedtime + 1.5mg Klonopin. I do have dry mouth and sometimes orthostatic hypotension (usually only in the morning) but that is about it for side effects and I can live with that. I notice that my heart rate is higher when I work out (cardio) so I monitor it quite closely and just go a bit slower. I have tried every other AD out there and this is a success story for me. Perhaps you might consider Elavil or another in this class of meds. Good luck.
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