Posted by Sad Panda on September 13, 2004, at 21:32:12
In reply to Re: Trouble sleeping - please help » Sad Panda, posted by karaS on September 13, 2004, at 9:53:17
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> > Hi Kara,
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> > That's really strange, Doxepin is about 5x stronger than Amitriptyline as an antihistamine. If you take them continuosly, the zombifying effects of H1 blockade will eventually go away, but you will always sleep very well due to 5-HT2A blockade.
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> > Cheers,
> > Paul.
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> Paul,
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> That is strange. I always assumed it was the other way around based on my experience. I may have been prejudiced though because I started out on Amitriptyline at too high a dosage initially. I took doxepin and then maprotiline for many years and the zombifying effect didn't go away completely either. I was still quite groggy for half of the day. Maprotiline was better in this regard but still I was somewhat groggy.
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> Kara
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>It might be the antimuscarinic side effects making you more groggy. Amitriptyline is the worst TCA & is about 4x more powerful than Doxepin as an M1 blocker.
Cheers,
Paul.
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