Posted by pattisun on November 4, 2014, at 22:17:49
In reply to Re: Amitriptyline + Celexa » pattisun16, posted by phidippus on November 4, 2014, at 21:04:05
> What is your diaganosis and what do you take for it? TERRIBLE ANXIETY DISORDER AND PAIN, MIGRAINES AND NERVES IN MY BACK ARE COMPRESSED (Spinal stenosis). Had bad luck with pain meds--Vioxx gave me congestive heart failure. I had a bleed from NSAIDS. So now I have crappy patches and allowed 4 Norco/day. What do you take for the pain besides Amytriptiline and Fentanyl?
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> If you're bipolar, I wouldn't take the Amytriptaline on top of the Celexa. NO, NOT BIPOLAR. Psychiatrist said too much SSRI with both of them. He said I could try Nortriptyline which is more pain-control and less SSRI effect and slightly decrease my Celexa. OR. I could increase Amitriptyline and decrease Celexa until I was off Celexa. I'm gonna try the Nortriptyline and slightly decrease my Celexa for now.
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> Have you any experience with Tramadol or Lyrica? NO, he said we could try Lyrica or Cymbalta if the above doesn't work.
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> If Fentanyl isn't helping enough I don't know what to suggest except the patch is kind of crappy. It dosn't release the drug very well and you don't get everything you would get out of an injectable solution.
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I'm going to look around for a pain specialist. Right now it's just my primary doctor and she doesn't like to be creative. I look at my blood test and know the acetometaphine is HARD on my kidneys. Oh, and my pain level is Crazy bad!!
Thanks Eric
> Eric
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