Posted by Girlnterrupted78 on January 5, 2010, at 14:42:23
So I'm on Parnate 80mgs, Adderall 15mgs, and was on Nortriptyline 100mgs for about 3-4 weeks.
Nortriptyline did nothing for me at all except it took all the energy I was getting off the Parnate-Adderal combo. Whatever positive effect I was having on those two, I felt Nortriptyline just came to cancel them.
Besides, I began sleeping a LOT. On Parnate and Adderall I had some exacerbated insomnia--which wasn't such a bad thing because it seems like sleep deprivation aids in depression--or at least it did in my case. After 2 nights without sleep I felt very well.. but whenever I got sleep I always woke up crying and feeling miserable.. so for a while I kept going on 2 straight nights without sleep.. and the third night when I crashed I had to put 5 alarms because if I slept more than 12 hours I knew it would become nightmare on elm street.. it was awful how bad I felt upon waking.. I always cried for at least an hour,, and I had horrible thoughts bombard me.
One time I didn't even realize I had slept through a whole day and I kept thinking it was Monday, as I vividly remembered what I had done Sunday night.. turns out it was Tuesday.. and I felt like I was waking from a comma.. could do nothing but cry and didn't recognize my room or what was going on.
Anyway.. just wondering if anyone can tell me whether Nortriptyline gets worse before it gets better? I gave it up after I felt I had given it a long enough try and it made me even worse than before.. just felt more tired, less motivated, and even slightly more depressed on it.. I just hope I did the right thing.
Also, did anyone get severe carb cravings on it? I've gone on so many carb binges in the last few days, that I don't know if it's just me, or Nortriptyline had something to do with it.. I've always loved carbs, but I wonder if the med somehow exacerbated my cravings..
If anybody had a similar experience or knows how this works, I'd appreciate any info you can offer.
Thanks.
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