Posted by bleauberry on July 15, 2009, at 5:16:22
In reply to meeting new pdoc - some advice please, posted by g_g_g_unit on July 15, 2009, at 0:53:24
What you want is nortriptyline. Insist on the brand Pamelor to start with. 10mg to start and work up higher every week or so.
At askapatient.com you can check it out. Nortriptyline is excellent for anxiety, panic, OCD, depression, pain, and sleep. It has side effects like other meds, but different sides than otheer meds. As you roam through the comments of other people who have used it, you will see the ones with negative experiences are greatly outnumbered by the ones with positive experiences. If you then type in the search box names of other meds you or your doctor might consider, you will see the opposite...negative experiences outnumber the good ones.
Even in the 50 years or so that the TCAs and MAOIs were invented, I do not see evidence that any of the newer meds have been able to top their reliability.
Anxiety, OCD, anhedonia, post-ssri syndrome suspected...if all of those are true, look no further than nortriptyline. You don't need anything exotic, just something that really works.
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