Posted by 4WD on June 18, 2005, at 22:56:22 [reposted on June 20, 2005, at 22:58:44 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Exercise for severe depression » 4WD, posted by SLS on June 18, 2005, at 21:52:37
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> They sorta do categorize. You would be likely to respond to a tricyclic if you are:
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> 1. Melancholic.
> 2. Morning is the worst time of day.
> 3. Early morning awakenings.
> 4. Psychomotor retardation.
> 5. Poor appetite
> 6. Elevated cortisol / DST non-suppressor
> 7. Feelings of guilt
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> - ScottOh! Oh! Oh! That's me! How come nobody ever told me that before!?? I'm printing out that list and taking it to my new pdoc. The only things that aren't exactly me are the poor appetite (but that's kind of moot because I'm a recovering bulimic and food was always solace to me and hunger had nothing to do with it and *now* I can't eat at all in the daytime) and the early awakenings. That's just started in the last year and happens on Lexapro, Cymbalta and Celexa. On Prozac (ten years ago) it was the opposite, insomnia falling asleep but sleeping very late. But then the Prozac was causing the insomnia.
And I had already posted to you about having had a good response to imipramine years ago.
Oh, I feel like maybe you've told me where the holy grail is and now I just have to go get it.
Thank you Scott!
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