Posted by tonyz on May 18, 2010, at 19:31:30
Positive responses only please, unless there is a real problem.
I've been on clonazepam for 4 months down to 1.25mg at bedtime, been through a bunch of different meds and have gone through major depression more times than I care to remember.
Currently 1.25mg clonazepam, 125mg amitryptyline and 300 LI. The Lithium is taken in the afternoon the other two are taken at bedtime.
Doc suggested taking cymbalta, he wants me to drop the amitriptyline by 25mg for 2 days tonight and tomorrow night and then start adding the cymbalta at 20mg, and continue this strategy.
The amitriptyline would be reduced 25mg every 2 days
By day 5 the bedtime dose of amitriptyline would be 50mg and the cymbalta would be increased by 40mg.
After another 4 days the cymbalta would be increased to 60 mg. By then the amitriptyline would be at 0.
Symptoms are major depression, apathy and anxiety, and memory problems, trouble concentrating,etc.
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