Posted by SLS on September 26, 2011, at 11:51:08
In reply to Re: Update Nardil + decreasing desipramine » SLS, posted by Conundrum on September 26, 2011, at 10:12:01
> > > Unfortunately things don't seem to be working out with desipramine.
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> > Perhaps the addition of a TCA will be of no help. However, desipramine is a bit harsh with respect to cardiovascular side effects. I would say that, generally speaking, the side effects of nortriptyline are milder. It is my experience that the dosage of TCA required to elicit a response when combined with a MAOI is the same as when the TCA is used alone.
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> > You could switch to nortriptyline first, then switch to Parnate if the results are inadequate. I am having some success with the addition of lithium 300mg. Lithium added to Parnate is a treatment that was used with some success in the "old days".
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> > - Scott
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> Yeh perhaps adding nortriptyline instead will allow me to increase the Nardil further without getting dizzy. I'm curious as to how a higher dose will effect my emotional valence even though the lower doses have seemed to flatten me out.
I don't know about a flattening effect, but I find that I feel weird just before I respond to Nardil. It is a sort of brain-fog that tends to numb your sense of things around you. It is like living in your own little cloud. For me, this is a good sign. It is during this time that the color of my urine changes from being clear to being yellow. This is a consistent observation of mine.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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