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DING DING DING DING DING » Sad Panda

Posted by finelinebob on May 12, 2004, at 9:43:42

In reply to Re: Friend- started tricyclics -- HEY PANDA!!, posted by Sad Panda on May 12, 2004, at 8:53:58

> > ...do you know any reason why the pdoc might pick dothiepin?
> My guess is he is in the UK or possibly Australia. Dothiepin was Britan's most popular TCA & I am guessing that it's because of politics or marketing.

We have a winner, folks. nephron and her friend are in Australia. Panda, for guessing correctly you win ... a free subscription to Babble!


> Clomipramine is the best TCA overall, but it's a French invention & we wouldn't want to attribute anything good to the French now would we? :)

Well, considering the high regard they hold for the genius of Jerry Lewis, clomipramine might be a little ***too*** effective.


> isn't it marvelous how politics is more important that mental health. :/

Oil and water. It isn't water's fault that oil doesn't play well with others....


HEY NEPHRON!
"Having patience" and "keeping an open mind" are two virtues difficult to keep in your friend's situation, but giving dothiepin a fair trial would probably be a Good Thing (tm) overall, given his pdoc's hesitance to try something new in the first place and the possiblity that it might actually work (imagine that!). If it doesn't, tho, it was mentioned on a different thread that nortriptyline and desipramine are good TCAs to start with. Ammunition for a month from now or so. It might be helpful for your friend to keep a meds journal right now, recording how much he's taking, how he's feeling and noting any changes. He can use that to document his progress or lack thereof and, should a change be needed, he's got data for his pdoc to evaluate.


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