Posted by Squiggles on October 27, 2006, at 8:06:00
In reply to Re: Hypersomnia and imipramine » Squiggles, posted by Squiggles on October 26, 2006, at 10:57:15
> Hypotheses:
>
>1. The worst - hepatic encephalitis brought
> on by Serzone and/or Serzone and Rivotril -
> yet to be examined or confirmed. BTW, when
> I said CT might pick it up, i meant brain CT
> which is what my friend will get from a neurologist, *not* liver. Hmmm.
>
> 2. OK - another hypothesis of mine - that
> the batch of imipramine and Rivotril varied from
> pharmacy to pharmacy - tested - NEGATORY
>
>3. The one i am testing now: that RIVOTRIL is too
> high (3.0 mg Rivotril with 200 imipramine) esp. when 2.0mg is taken in the morning - that might slam someone down real hard. So my suggestion is take only 1.0mg Rivotril in the morning and the larger remainder at night. In process..
>
> 4. Hope this works. My other theory is that the imipramine itself is too low, but the dr. says it has already reached toxic levels (one blood test - is that really enough?) and the patient can't take it - side effects of derpession, cognitive fuzz, and anxiety.
>
> Squiggles
>Testing 3. second day -- looks promising.
Less sleep, less depression.I think a week of this should yield
more definite results.I'll report it on it. It would be nice to
avoid a brain transplant when all that is
needed is an adjustment in med. dosage. :-)Squiggles
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