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Re: vegetative depression, nortriptyline dosage » King Vultan

Posted by zeugma on July 6, 2004, at 11:00:39

In reply to Re: vegetative depression, nortriptyline dosage » zeugma, posted by King Vultan on July 6, 2004, at 8:06:48

> I found desipramine and Vivactil (protriptyline) to both be much more energizing and activating than nortriptyline. Of the two, desipramine has fewer side effects and is much cheaper. However, Vivactil does have some unique stimulatory properties. Too bad it's so anticholinergic.

I'm not worried about anticholinergic effects (I think I'm hyper-cholinergic), but I have a terrible time getting to sleep, and after a week or two after a dose increase, nortriptyline's antihistaminic fog dissipates and I feel relatively 'energized' by the drug (while its sleep-promoting effects remain intact).

I'm wary of stimulants at this point (Strattera was 'stimulating' at first) because I am very prone to a feeling of 'overstimulation' (even watching television can overstimulate me) and I feel also like I have reached a limit with how well I am going to get with medications. Stimulants can also cause depression and that concerns me (Provigil seemed to depress me).
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> Todd

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