Posted by SLS on July 31, 2009, at 6:25:07
In reply to Re: SLS - what other TCA's have you tried?, posted by linkadge on July 30, 2009, at 18:52:08
> What was imipramine like for you?
>
> LinkadgeIt was the first drug I was place on once I was diagnosed.
This gets complicated. I was an ultra-rapid cycler at the time. I cycled once every 11 days; 8 days of depression followed by 3 days of relief (as opposed to mania). I responded to the imipramine by seeing my upswing persist for 7 or 8 days at a time. This lasted for a month or two, whereupon lithium was added. It did a lovely job of preventing the cycling, but left me stuck in an unremitting depression. Continued treatment with imipramine did not help. I have tried it a few times since, but a pattern of my responses to reuptake inhibitors became established to brief robust improvements that lasted exactly 3 days before relapsing again.
There is only one TCA that has shown itself to produce a greater proportion of remissions than imipramine - clomipramine.
Where are you at in your decision-making process?
- Scott
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