Posted by johnj on December 23, 2002, at 13:47:35
In reply to JohnJ, posted by colin wallace on December 22, 2002, at 5:35:15
Hey Colin,
Great to hear from you. I think I had posted to you also, but it got lost in the shuffle. Glad to hear the lamictal is holding well for you. How long have you been on it?
I am not sure what I will do with the lexapro. The doc wanted me to wean down on nortr and once I got to 30 mg add the lexapro. Needless to say I screwed up and accidentally raised my nort to 70 mg and the 2nd day I felt like hell. After realizing this and going back down for 4 days I had 3 days on 40 mg. Felt ok the first day and then my sleep became horrible. I would wake up so easy and could not get back to sleep. So, I went up to 50 mg again and had to up my benzo to get some sleep. It has been real frustrating and I felt real "naked" in the sense I feel the nortryptline is part of me now and it was so shocking.
I am not sure what to do. My stress reliever, excercise, is something I cannot do and I know it is vital to helping me. I have been reading about cymbalta a new AD and wonder if I should wait for that. If I don't sleep I am useless so I need something to help me sleep. The only other option I see is to take something for sleep and just stop the norty cold turkey and just work out right away.
Hope you have a great Christmas! And drink a couple of pints of Guinness for me! Take care
johnj
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