Posted by mattdds on July 23, 2003, at 20:05:14
In reply to Re: Very good ideas, posted by Dinah on July 23, 2003, at 9:32:00
Hi Dinah,
I think you may be on to something; perhaps it *is* the nortriptyline.
The last antidepressant I ever trialed (before realizing they do very different things to me than to other people) was imipramine.
The phrase you mentioned about agiatation and arousal sounds eerily similar to when I was taking imipramine. I've never had SI urges, but could imagine wanting to really hurt myself while taking a TCA! Those TCA's were terrible drugs for me. I felt agitated and bugged (with other people) to the point of wanting to crawl out of my skin. I bet my brain was already flooded from norepinephrine to begin with, and this pushed me over.
I vowed I will never touch another noradrenergic drug again! They just aren't for me.
I don't know if this is your problem, and I know you're smart enought to figure it out eventually. But, again, this sounds so much like when I was taking imipramine.
Hope you feel better,
Matt
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