Posted by Vincent_QC on March 17, 2009, at 12:20:13
In reply to Re: I want to switch from nortriptyline to desipramine, posted by SLS on March 16, 2009, at 6:23:25
> I am not experiencing the improvement I expected. Depression is getting worse, not better. I have been on desipramine 300mg for only 12 days, so there is still something to hope for.
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> I might have to go back to nortriptyline.
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> - ScottI'm sorry to hear that Scott...don't be desesperate...it will work for sure... I can send to you the new pills of Nortriptyline I buy 2 weeks ago...lol I take only 6 pills of 10mg ...and it was enought for me...
For now, my PDoc put me off everything...except the Valium and a small dose of Topamax (25mg week 1, 50mg week 2, 75 week 3...)...and he want that I try the new Pristiq, it's avaible in the Canada since this month...my PDoc will recieve some samples boxs next week... For what I read, the Pristiq do very poor on studies...it's less effective than everything avaible on the market for now...with poor results, 20% less goog than the others avaibles AD's... and poor result compare with the regular Effexor-XR...that's strange no? Some inactives metabolites of the Effexor-XR, who was remove from the Effexor because they was aparrently innefective on the the brains seem to lack now in the new Pristiq (who don't have any metabolite inside...)
Strange... The Cymbalta did poor results on studies also...I never try it anyway...
The good news is that the Pristiq is a regular pill format...extended release but in a pill format, not a capsule with small rounds balls made with some plastic inside, so I will be able to crush the pill, so maybe it will work, the gastric by-pass made the other XR in capsule not working very well on me...so I hope it will be ok with that one...and the Marplan importation seem to be impossible to get in the Canada for now...no answer from health canada...nothing also get out of my EKG results...my heart seem ok...but I continue to have fast heart rate pulse and high pressure...even if I don't take anything that can affect my heart like this...The coffee never make my heart acting like this...so I don't see why some people point out that...even my PDoc...and the cigarettes smooking also never do anything on my heart pressure or pulse...Strange....
Anyway...I ask for a small dose of Topamax...it's not effective for social anxiety, but it's good to remove some pain...I always have pain from my gastric surgery...and it's good to loose some weight...the weight I gain on the Cipralex and on the Clomipramine tries also...since the Clomipramine, I never stop gainning weight...at least 5 pounds by week, without changing my food intake...so I hope the Topamax will take care of this issue!!!
I wish you good luck and keep the faith Scott!!!
Bye!
Vincent ;-)
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