Posted by softheprairie on February 17, 2009, at 23:40:21
In reply to Re: Tricyclic least likely to mess with the heart?, posted by Incubusfan on February 17, 2009, at 12:46:38
> How about desipramine?
I take desipramine and had strong heart side effects even when I was on a dose only a third as large as my current one. I got sinus tachicardia (heartrate over 100 beats per minute, but EKG didn't find anything bad about it except that high #); subjectively disturbing/scary heart palpitations, increased anxiety, and profuse sweating of my forehead. A beta blocker (Bystolic/nebivolol) added in response to the desipramine has improved all of those side effects except the sweating, which I can accept.
The desipramine has been so helpful to my depression, and so much better than other things tried, that I sort of want to evangelize about it. I sort of am suprised that it isn't used more. Plus, I get it as a generic.
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