Posted by ravenstorm on July 16, 2004, at 16:54:21
In reply to Re: Pamelor - How does it work » KaraS, posted by King Vultan on July 16, 2004, at 7:52:58
I tried Nortript. back in December at only 10mg for four days and it felt like my heart was beating a mile a minute right after I took the drug. That, combined with my husband bringing home a bunch of books that claimed that all antidepressants damage your brain/make you worse in the long wrong, made me stop the trial. (So helpful of him, considering I was suicidal after the apocalyptic paxil withdrawal.) I then started all the naturopathic stuff which did nothing but ruin my stomach.
I am regretting that I didn't give it more of a try.
I am currently on remeron 15mg which has helped the anxiety but I don't feel anywhere near as good as I did on paxil (for the first two years anyway). The longer I am on the remeron the more exhausted I feel (It has been three or four months). My pdoc has rx'd wellbutrin but I haven't started it yet. I don't want to be on a cocktail and part of me was hoping to just hang in on the 15mg remeron until finding out one way or the other (hopefully some news by August)wether or not the selegeline patch is going to gain final approval. But I don't know how much longer I can stay in this limbo. I am so freakin' tired.
I wish I knew if I'd be able to handle the nortrip or not. Will nortrip be way too sedating if remeron is? (I actually had lots of energy the first three weeks--must have been hypomanic) Now I'll probably have to go through withdrawal from remeron to switch.
God I hate this. In September it will be a year of this and still no "final" (for at least a couple of years?) drug. Considering a change would be sooo much easier if I didn't get so damned sick going on and off these things.
Sorry to complain, Scott. I don't know how you keep going through it!
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