Posted by hansi555 on February 26, 2009, at 1:46:31
Hi All
Uni-polar moderate to severe depression, happend one year ago this february.
I have been on 85 mg Nortriptyline (and 15 mg Remeron at bed time) for the past 2½ months and I have had a fairly good time, I have felt more and more my old me, also been able to slowly increase my working time.
It has definately been a vast improvement compared to my earlier combo which was Remeron 30-45 mg and 20 mg Lexapro, this was not good enough w huge variations in mood.From the 20th of december and 7 weeks forward I have gone from 20 mg Lex to 0 mg as planned by my PD and I: We should go for the Nortrip only (and also remove the Remeron later on). I have had no real psysical withdrawel symptoms during this proces.
I have now been on NO Lexapro for 10 days but for the last 2-3 weeks the number of not-so-good days have become more and more. Also my sleep has become more unstable, I wake up early, fall asleep again etc..
I have this feeling of just being 90-95% of normal happy, just dont really care for things that I normaly care for. Also crying spells once a week or so when the feeling of-not-normal of depressed gets too much.Is this type of setback typical when you stop taking a med like Lexapro - even when it has not been working very well?
How long does it take for Lexapro to completely wash out of the system?
Should I go for more Nortrip or just "wait it out"?
Another solution could be to increase the Remeron but this would also mean increased appetite...The blood screening of my Nortrip concentration has shown 292 (the therapeutic interval is 190 - 570), so there is room for a higher dose than my current 85 mg.
All your comments and advice are very welcome!
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