Posted by psychobot5000 on March 9, 2007, at 10:07:50
In reply to Re: desipramine - weird side effects/wishingstar, posted by linkadge on March 6, 2007, at 21:00:12
Hi,
Thought you might want to know that I had a similar experience with nortriptyline, a tricyclic like desipramine that's similar in that it's a powerful inhibitor of norepinephrine reuptake--and so can effect the heart. It caused greatly increased heart-rate (around 100, resting), but my doc basically told me that it was okay to have elevated heart-rate for a few weeks while my body adjusted to the drug. I think that might have been their rationale in your case. As for me, eventually I had to go off it (after several months), because my heart-rate did not go back to normal. But I gather that it often does normalize in a few weeks.
That said, if you find in the future that low blood pressure is a problem with meds, you can always try 1-2 grams of table salt (or pills, whatever), twice a day with extra fluids, as an antidote. That is often enough to take care of dizziness, and make you functional. But I suppose in this case it's moot.
Best of luck,
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