Posted by Justherself54 on May 2, 2010, at 22:03:34
In reply to Re: Questions about tricyclics??? » Phillipa, posted by floatingbridge on May 2, 2010, at 21:25:47
I had unpleasant experiences with Amitriptyline, Nortriptyline and Desipramine, so you can imagine how reluctant I was to give Clomipramine a trial.
The side effects are very minimal, dry mouth and some difficulty staying asleep.
I've been on 100 mg. for a few days now. A little over weeks ago I wasn't able to leave my house and had to have a friend do my grocery shopping for me. I was very low. Last Wednesday I was able to take a trip to another city, shop, have dinner with friends and spent the rest of the evening socializing. A pretty significant change.
I'm still not even close to what I would call remission, but for the first time in a long time I have hope.
My pdoc and I were going over all the meds we had tried and retried and he mentioned clomipramine. I so did not want to try another TCA, but agreed rather than retry all the SSRI's. I can't handle the SNRI's and trials with MAOI's didn't pan out.
So for me, Clomipramine gets a tentative thumbs up!
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