Posted by pulse on June 13, 2006, at 18:19:07
In reply to Re: Nortriptyline Details Please » pulse, posted by corafree on June 12, 2006, at 21:30:18
> By narrow therapeutic window, you mean if go too low or too high, can miss the relief; there's a narrow point or small area where it is effective .. correct?
correct.
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> Re: GERD. Do the gory details have something to do w/ digestion and elimination.gory details - ok, you asked for it: waking up several times at night with vomit in my mouth! (WHILE taking prevacid.)
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> I'm going to d.c. desipramine as it's creating an insatiable appetite. I'm distended, so uncomfortable all the time, and literally 'full of it'! (Yep, in more ways than one; I know.) I'm on a very low dose too, but guessing it's prob' built up in my bloodstream. Believe I've been on 2-3mos.desipramine - no thanx- nausea + VERY full of it.
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> I guess all TCAs have high probability of this sort of side effect.yes, unfortunately, but lots of folks here recommend nortrip. - and, even moreso - desip. as the least constipating. desip. was one of the very worst tcas for me in that way...just like the infamous effexor pellets effect. fun fun.
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> Too bad there isn't a counter-acting agent.there is, but i don't know name. someone here talked about it recently. believe it's ultra expensive, but i might be confusing this with an anti-nausiate (sp?) for chemo (?)
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> I've been drinking 'at least' three bottles of drinking water a day and taking 600 mg magnesium w/ silica at h.s., and it had been very helpful for quite a while. Seems to have stopped working. I've wondered if taking 1200mg mag w/ silica a day would be harmful.
milk of magnesia, my therapist with 2 nursing degrees , warns NEVER to take WITH any AD. not so sure if regular magnium supps. are ok, but they gave me horrid cramps. even the drinkable ones said to be no problem. ha...oh yeah, right!
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> Do you still feel that nortriptyline is/was your best bet though, as far as the TCAs go, and if so, why?yes, for the combo of calming + stimulating + good sleep...IF you get no gerd vomit.
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> thankyou, cfyou're most welcome,
pulse
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