Posted by SLS on June 9, 2015, at 15:21:50
In reply to Re: CBT vs Seroquel or Abilify or Latuda » SLS, posted by legm82 on June 9, 2015, at 14:12:02
> Scott
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> In your post you asked about nortriptyline (Pamelor). It's a TCA, what is it good for? Depression?. What about the risk of going hypomaniac with it? Does it help with insomnia?Nortriptyline by itself has been known to be effective as an antidepressant. In addition to NE reuptake inhibition, it also blocks 5-HT2a receptors, which might help make it less "harsh" than desipramine. Just about every antidepressant can induce a switch into mania, but the TCAs are considered particularly liable in this regard. How often do you experience hypomania? Is it spontaneous, or does it happen only in response to medication? Is it a mixed state with persistent depressive symptoms or irritability, or is it more pleasantly energizing with expansive thinking or delusions of grandeur?
What has been your experience with MAOIs?
- 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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