Posted by Sad Panda on July 9, 2004, at 9:50:41
In reply to nortriptyline as sedative » Sad Panda, posted by zeugma on July 8, 2004, at 15:58:21
> I was taking 225mg Effexor + 30mg Remeron. Tonight I took 150mg Effexor, 15mg Remeron & 25mg of Nortriptyline. I will do this for a few days & then drop Remeron & increase Nort to 50mg. So far Nort is 'alerting', I hope it lets me sleep.
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> YMMV, but i found 25 mg nortriptyline to have no sedative effect. At 50 mg there was one, but due to nortriptyline's slow absorption (peak plasma levels reached 7-8.5 hours after administration) i took it 8 hours before I wanted to go to sleep. At 75 mg i would take it about 6 hours before sleep, and the drowsiness would come on slowly. at 100 mg there is less of a 'drowsy' effect; i just fall asleep about 3-4 hours after i take it.
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>Thanks for the info, I guess I will have to wait a week or so to see if I sleep OK on it. I am mostly immune to Remeron's H1 blockade now, some nights I don't even notice it. Still sleep like a log however & did so last night after my first dosage of Nort.
Cheers,
Panda.
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