Posted by SLS on May 28, 2013, at 19:28:55
In reply to Morning terror, posted by Joan O. on May 27, 2013, at 18:53:19
Just a thought:
I am currently taking a combination nortriptyline (TCA) and prazosin (NE alpha-1a/b/d antagonist) along with a few other drugs.
TCA often works in cases of melancholic depression where depression is at worst in the morning. Prazosin has been found to be effective in treating PTSD with disrupted sleep and nightmares. It also works to treat daytime depression and anxiety. Prazosin feels like a very "clean" antidepressant to me. It doesn't make me feel apathetic or spacey. If your life history includes chronic trauma (particularly in childhood), prazosin might be very helpful. Perhaps combining nortriptyline + prazosin is a treatment that would be effective in treating melancholic depression with a history of chronic trauma or PTSD.
- 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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