Posted by Quintal on June 17, 2007, at 12:01:40
In reply to Going Off Parnate, next drug - your insight?, posted by sophia04 on June 17, 2007, at 2:00:38
Yup, we'll make a great psychopharmacologist out of you yet Phillipa. Your best results seem to have been with TCAs sophia, so it would be logical to go back to either Nortriptyline or another in that class. I had a similar experience myself filling in a spreadsheet of all the meds I've taken (I can't even post it here because it's wider than the screen), Dothiepin was the only one I could give 10/10 on efficacy.
So which TCA? You could go back to Norty and see if it worked as well as it did last time. Clomipramine (Anafranil) is a very effective TCA that has strong serotonin reuptake effects along with the typical TCA profile. Desipramine is another option to consider, as is Lofepramine (Gamanil) (depending which country you're in) as it has fewer side effects and is safer in overdose than the other TCAs. It is metabolized into Desipramine. Some of the other TCAs like Amitriptyline might be too sedating for regular use as antidepressants.
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