Posted by sukarno on December 30, 2013, at 23:45:38
In reply to Re: Valium settles the stomach » sukarno, posted by SLS on December 30, 2013, at 16:12:48
My aunt has hyperthyroidism and grandfather has hypothyroidism. I should have a blood test to get it checked again.. haven't checked it in almost 10 years. I remember my TSH or one of those values was near the borderline (if it was below that it would have been hyperthyroidism).
I don't think I can take TCAs anymore. I had tried imipramine but my heart began to beat too fast and irregularly one night about a month into treatment. My pdoc then switched me to nortriptyline which had less side effects (apart from elevated blood pressure).
I remember the pdoc took my BP after being on nortriptyline for a while and said my BP was up so I should get exercise. I ended up exercising regularly and felt great with a resting pulse of 58. Before I took up exercise I used to have tachycardia of 90 or so on the nortriptyline.
I'm not sure if it was the nortriptyline which helped me so much or the regular, brisk 5 mile walks 3 to 4 times a week (or a combination of the two).That was the best I had ever felt in my life.
diazepam 10mg BID, famotidine 40mg BID, cetirizine 10mg BID, GNC Ultra Mega Gold, Vitamin D 1200IU, probiotics, quit smoking 19/4/2013
Dx: panic disorder with agoraphobia, OCD
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