Posted by gromit on February 9, 2005, at 19:11:59
In reply to Re: Desipramine, posted by Emily Elizabeth on February 9, 2005, at 7:31:43
> I never had any of those side effects w/ desipramine. Do you take any other meds? Could it be them and/or a strange interaction?
I'm also taking lamictal 200 mg and 10 mg vicodin when I need it. I've been taking the lamactial for about 8 months at that dose. The doctor who gave me the vicodin said it might increase the level of desipramine. I may be a poor metabolizer as well. Haven't had a blood test, do they have a test to measure your levels like nortriptyline? I think I'll go down to 100 mg from 150 to see if that helps.
> Also, do you see a therapist? If so, s/he can be helpful in convincing your pdoc that you really need some attention.It's just recently that I have issues that I think could be helped by therapy. No I don't have a therapist, I have a referral from my pdoc but I'm thinking of dumping him and getting a referral from the new pdoc. I found a guy at the local university that is both an md and phd. I saw in another post that this may mean he is a psychopharmacologist. I'm not sure exactly what that means but it seems to be a good thing.
Thank you for replying!
Rick
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