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Posted by Etherealightning194 on December 17, 2002, at 14:41:26
Hi Dr Bob, what is the most stimulating or least, tryciclic antidepressant, I mean in descending order, because Ill have to propose it to my psychiatrist next visit to change my meds.
For example, among desipramine, nortryptiline and say reboxetine....
Unfortunately protryptiline isnt available here in italy as Ive been said it to be the most stim. tricyclic.
TYLuca
Posted by Thygrrr on December 17, 2002, at 17:12:00
In reply to To Dr.Bob, about tryciclics, advice, posted by Etherealightning194 on December 17, 2002, at 14:41:26
I never knew Reboxetine was a tricyclic ...?
I thought it was a Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitor ...
Reboxetine (Edronax) did VERY BAD THINGS TO ME, by the way, so I can only warn people to take it light-heartedly. It worked wonders the first weeks at a low dosage, then the effects sorta vanished, and after two months on an increased dosage, I was on the very edge of suicide; in fact, I was running out of reasons NOT to do it (usually, I ran out of reasons to do it while contemplating); now, on Effexor, the whole Suicide concept feels rather inappropriate/unlikely.
Edronax messed me up so badly, I changed my 'personal' name from Thygrrr Altaica to Thygrrr Darkfurre. DF is still a part of me; though just three days after I stopped Edronax, I felt much more like myself again and happily reclaimed my old name.
Wacky, eh?
Posted by oracle on December 17, 2002, at 21:25:11
In reply to To Dr.Bob, about tryciclics, advice, posted by Etherealightning194 on December 17, 2002, at 14:41:26
Dr bob does not/cannot no answer questions about meds.
Posted by BrittPark on December 18, 2002, at 1:01:42
In reply to To Dr.Bob, about tryciclics, advice, posted by Etherealightning194 on December 17, 2002, at 14:41:26
All tricyclics are somewhat sedating (usually). The least sedating is protryptiline and the most is probably amytryptiline. There's a chart of side effect profiles of ADs at
http://pharmacypractice.netfirms.com/kinetics/25/
Cheers,
Britt
Posted by Lia Mason on December 22, 2002, at 14:37:34
In reply to To Dr.Bob, about tryciclics, advice, posted by Etherealightning194 on December 17, 2002, at 14:41:26
I'm on imipramine with no significant sedation. Nortriptyline made me spacey and tired. Desipramine is considered least sedating, generally. I found it somewhat activating, but it did not (for me) have the pain control benefits that imipramine had. Amitriptyline seems to be the worst as far as sedation. I haven't taken it. My doc suggested we avoid it because of its potential to sedate.
Lia
Posted by chad_3 on December 22, 2002, at 20:36:02
In reply to To Dr.Bob, about tryciclics, advice, posted by Etherealightning194 on December 17, 2002, at 14:41:26
Dr. Bob will not answer those questions - he does not give advice - merely reads all the thousands of posts and modifies his regimen when he sees a good idea ...
Chad
> Hi Dr Bob, what is the most stimulating or least, tryciclic antidepressant, I mean in descending order, because Ill have to propose it to my psychiatrist next visit to change my meds.
> For example, among desipramine, nortryptiline and say reboxetine....
> Unfortunately protryptiline isnt available here in italy as Ive been said it to be the most stim. tricyclic.
> TY
>
> Luca
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