Posted by linkadge on June 4, 2008, at 18:12:46
In reply to Re: Linkadge? » linkadge, posted by torachan on June 4, 2008, at 13:30:22
>But you know what is encouraging to a great >extent. Despite not sleeping all that great, I >feel fine; more than fine perhaps. Whereas >before with the Remeron if I didn't sleep well >I'd feel miserable and have the hangover effect >and "foggy" head. My mind is clear now.
I think that is a good sign. Non depressed people experience insomnia too but when you're depressed though insomnia is hell. I found it was a good sign when the nights of less sleep didn't whipe me over.
The remeron may amplify certain effects/side effects of the nortryptaline (notably cardiac side effects) since remeron stronly affects norpeinephrine release and nortrpytaline affects the reuptake.
(I am currently prescribed remeron and strattera) which would be similar to remeron and nortryptaline. I usually only take remeron as needed for sleep but I do notice that it increases certain cardiac side effects of strattera when I take the two together.
>Anyways, I may heed your advice Link, and keep >my Effexor dose around 37.5 and go up slowly on >the Nor to maybe 75mgs in the future to see if >this drug will be my mainstay rather than >Effexor. We'll see.
That sounds like a good plan. Some people do well on TCA's alone, some people find that a combination of TCA and SSRI/SNRI allows doses of either that are low enough that side effects are not pronounced. Remember though, if you do tollerate the nortryptaline in lower but not higher doses, don't throw in the towel alltogether.
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