Posted by floatingbridge on June 21, 2011, at 21:40:18
In reply to Re: nardil + trazdone questions after the pain clinic » floatingbridge, posted by Phillipa on June 21, 2011, at 21:07:20
Hi Phillipa,
Thanks for weighing in. I gave cymbalta quite a good trial because it was so helpful for pain, but it had a deal-breaking sx that did not abate after 8 weeks and that was equal in pain to the pain I sought to treat. That was sad to let go of; I fought for weeks to make that drug work.
The clinic says however I treat the depression, as long as the treatment actually does help my depression, my pain levels
(hopefully & and theoretically) will decrease.Their opinion is to treat both depression and insomnia very aggressively for the optimal results.
Norco goes. They explained why, and as soon as I get some depression treatment up and running, the taper begins.
Trazedone is contraindicated with any maoi (had time to med check), but the other two are fine. Frankly, I think PB'rs know more about sleep meds than the docs I saw.
However, I am with them on the list of priorities. So yes, when I see some do well on maoi's, of course I want to try. My list of ssri's, snri's and add-on trials is not as long as some, but at my age, it's long enough. Plus, finally feeling that my mood was much more stable off of them.
I don't know how this will play out. Once again, I appreciate your honesty.
Right now I feel like snafu & that some of us just find ourselves f*ck*d. However, I'm not going to let that stop me.
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