Posted by wmd40 on February 4, 2007, at 21:13:06
Hello Pyscho-Babblers,I've been told that this might be a good place to
sing the blues about a life spent waiting to die,
with the occasional tired and half-hearted attempt
to hurry the process up.I've been taking imipramine (currently 300 mg per
day) for about 20 years; I started just before the
rage for Prozac got under way. I've had all the
usual side effects: dry mouth, sedation,
orthostatic hypotension, urinary hesitancy and
the constant brain fog.Because the side effects are so bad, I've tried
many other drugs -- Prozac, Luvox, clomipramine,
Remeron, Wellbutrin, Effexor, Zoloft, desipramine,
moclobemide, Paxil, Cognitive Behavioural
Therapy (the worst of the bunch), and lithium
as an adjunct -- but nothing works as well as
good old fashioned imipramine.I desperately miss what I think I remember as a
happy unmedicated life before the onset of
depression, but every time I've tried to wean
myself off drugs, I've plunged into a miserable
state, so I've pretty much given up on that.I'm now beginning to wonder -- perhaps a bit late
-- what the long term effects of life on
imipramine might be. A web search suggests that
I can expect to turn a purplish blue colour some
time, but I can't find any other information.
Does anybody out there know? I suppose that as
a 20-year veteran, I probably know about as much
as anybody else what to expect, but I'm hoping
somebody else might know better.--
wmd40
poster:wmd40
thread:729805
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