Posted by Sarah T. on February 17, 2005, at 3:34:07
In reply to Re: nothing like a sedating TCA for anxiety/panic » KaraS, posted by zeugma on February 15, 2005, at 16:50:32
Zeugma, thanks for your reply. I figured that TCA's couldn't be combined with stimulants safely. I was surprised to read that you took Provigil with Nortriptyline. Can you tell me how it helped the TCA? Did the Provigil simply keep you awake or did it help with cognition, focus, etc.? TCA's are just about the only AD's that have really helped my mood, but I'm a numbskull on them. That fellow who writes for the Biopsychiatry.com website refers to TCA's as "dumb drugs," and indeed they are just that, as far as I'm concerned. In addition to impairing my thinking and memory, they must be really bad for the heart. When I took TCA's, I would wake up with resting heart rates of over 100! That was my heart rate before I even got out of bed.
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