Posted by SLS on January 8, 2009, at 16:04:31
In reply to Re: I want to switch from nortriptyline to desipramine, posted by SLS on January 6, 2009, at 6:59:05
Woohoo!
My doctor is letting me crossover from nortriptyline to desipramine. He is being rather cautious, but methodical in the way he makes the switch. I told him that, in the past, I needed 300mg of desipramine to get the most out of it. His first reaction was to not go so high in dosage. I explained to him that I am a rapid metabolizer of tricyclics. Seeing that I demonstrated a need to take 150mg of nortriptyline, it makes sense that I would need 300mg of desipramine. It is well known that 1mg nortriptyline = 2mg desipramine in terms of clinical equivalency. I guess I will just have to suffer for awhile. I will be reducing the nortriptyline and increasing the desipramine simultaneously.
I am going to need to be patient to follow my doctor's protocol for making the switch. I am probably going to feel worse for some period of time until I get up to 300mg with the desipramine.
Practicing patience really sucks.
I want to be feeling good yesterday.
- Scott
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