Posted by SLS on May 11, 2008, at 12:18:33
In reply to Re: Wonder Why Wellbutrin was So Bad - Me too. » johnj, posted by johnj on May 11, 2008, at 11:57:33
> Interesting thought on NE. I am struggling right now with anxiety and sleep. The strange thing is I have had a severe cold this weekend and have been taking the antihistamine chlorpheniramine maleate. I was leary of taking an antihistamine because allegra distrubed my sleep and made me feel weird and benadryl helped me sleep but made me very angry the next day. I have not had much anxiety the last day or so.
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> I am thinking of a low dose tca but am struggling with which one as I get side effects quickly. The anxiety I have also makes me leary of trying one. I have a lot of physical sytmptoms of anxiety like light headness, sleep disruption, chest tightness and spaciness under stress. I really need something that will calm down my adrenaline reaction. Any thoughts? Thanks
It is possible that the anxiety you struggled with after taking chlorpheniramine was due to its serotoninergic properties. I would not look at NE exclusively. Nortriptyline is a mild drug that is not as likely to produce anxiety as some of the other TCAs. Desipramine might produce anxiety early on, but the drug can act to reduce chronic anxiety when it is related to depression.
- Scott
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