Posted by g_g_g_unit on September 22, 2011, at 8:52:50
so i cut out the caffeine and z-drugs last night/today and i'm back to my baseline state on lexapro and depakote - which is to say, calm, more emotionally stable, but very inattentive and overcome by a disturbing sense of dissociation.
it's weird, because during my worst bouts of depression or anxiety, i feel this horrific sense of depersonalization, which hasn't really abated for a couple of years. the lexapro takes away the constant anxiety induced by DP/DR, but possibly makes me feel even more empty. i'm a little weary to dump it though, because it's pretty clean and i haven't been able to tolerate much else.
i'm thinking of maybe trying nortriptyline for improved sleep, ADD and am wondering if it might help with alertness, anhedonia and hence my sense of unreality? is there any logic to that? i have a very bad track record with NE drugs as far as anxiety goes. is there reason to think nortriptyline would likewise cause problems?
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