Posted by polarbear206 on January 6, 2010, at 10:44:44
In reply to Got off Nortriptyline after reaching 100mg, 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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..
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> If anybody had a similar experience or knows how this works, I'd appreciate any info you can offer.
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> Thanks.I find it hard to believe your doctor didn't monitor your nortrip blood levels, esp. when taking it with an MAOI. That's a high dose to be taking with Parnate. Have you ever trialed a mood stablizer?
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