Posted by ZenTen on November 17, 2004, at 12:17:12
Like many people here I am pretty refractory to most meds I have tried and have pretty wicked side-effects to most of them with few exceptions.
Nortriptyline seems to help my depression just a bit--which I still really appreciate since most other meds don't do too much at all, and even make me more depressed!
However, I can only seem to tolerate doses up to 25mgs. Anything even a little over that (say 40mgs) makes me have severe side -effects. Like heart pain, slow and fast pulse and bad sedation.
Doses at 25mgs have almost no side-effects at all though? I plan to continue ont this amount.How can I tell if I am a slow metabolizer? Maybe I have therapuetic doses with only 25mgs? I know they can pull a blood-level but can they test in general,to see if you are a slow metabolizer?
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