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Re: fear of depression: drug treatment: Sid » Anna Laura

Posted by sid on January 10, 2002, at 6:52:20

In reply to Re: fear of depression: drug treatment: Sid, posted by Anna Laura on January 10, 2002, at 3:16:12

Sorry to hear that it lasted so long. Thanks for the info.

> > Anna Laura, how do you know which drug causes cognitive impairment ? Is it written on the RxList web site for example? I am not sure what to look for, after reading your message.
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> I read it on www.biopsychiatry.com. (look on the good drug guide the tca paragraph).
> I've sent a mail to BLTSC research (which is connected to biopsychiatry.com) and they answered me saying that my cognitive dulling might have been caused by imipramine.
> This suggestion has been further confirmed by a psychopharmacologist who visited me last Spring. The problem with imipramine (which helped me a great deal with major depression but clouded my intellectual functions ) is that its chemical structure closely resembles the structure of traditional neuroleptics (antypsychotics) such as cloropromazine.
> This nasty side-effect might be intertwined with residual depression symptoms. I personally got stuck in that situation for years.


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