Posted by pedr on October 5, 2009, at 14:40:05
In reply to Antidepressants for chronic pain, posted by Cecilia on October 4, 2009, at 4:48:30
Hi Cecilia,
sorry to hear you're having such a sh1tty time of things. I know nothing of arthritis and peripheral neuropathy but I am very familiar with chronic pain since I have IBS. I tried all sorts of pain solutions for the IBS pain and nothing even touched it, including several A/Ds like Luvox, Abilify, SSRI's, bupropion. I would be in pain every day for most of the day. Sometimes I would be in bed for 2-3 days, simply waiting the the day to end.However I have found that Nardil seems to have reduced the pain by about 70%, which is quite simply remarkable. IBS and depression are highly comorbid and so it could be that since it's treating my depression (self-loathing and blame being a big factor) fairly well, that that is translating to relief in my abdomen. Who knows.
If you haven't tried the MAOI's then you might find them effective for both your mental and physical pain. I don't know what ratios of serotonin, dopamine and norepienephrine MAOI's suppress but I have not found Nardil to be agitating in the slightest. It has been most relaxing overall. I have certainly found many other drugs far too agitating (Bupropion, SSRI's, Abilify etc).
On a side-note I hated Surmontil. I slept 12-14 hours a day on it AND fell asleep during the afternoons. It didn't treat my depression either. YMMV though as always.
HTH,
Pete
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