Posted by dnuk on June 12, 2001, at 22:14:55
In reply to Re: Nortriptyline or still Effexor w/d?, posted by sl on June 12, 2001, at 10:39:56
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> So it didn't help your anxiety enuf to skip the Xanax or did you have Panic Attacks...? Cuz if it doesn't help anxiety much, I'm going to need to add something to it....Tough to say b/c of how things worked out. I was put on xanax only for a while. Helped for a couple months, then started having break-through attacks. That's when the Pamelor was added, and I didn't have any problems after that. So, I can't say the Pamelor did the trick by itself. It may have, and it may have only worked with the xanax. All I can say as that it did have at least some ability to reduce anxiety.
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> >being "foggy", although not excessively. I was in college at the time and still made excellent grades and had a social life (I have a graduate/professional degree and an great job, so
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> Again, good to know. So far it's just a little dry mouth, but I'm supposed to go up to twice this dosage before I give up. :/
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Hmm. I wish I remember how much I was taking back then, but I suspect it was only 50mgs.
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> I'm diagnosed with major depression. Along with that, I have some anxiety and nasty thought-patterns (ruminations, if you will) that are not things I've mentioned to the Dr.
> The price... I'm willing to be foggy and sleepy, but not stupid, and not if my symptoms are still THERE. Effexor made my symptoms still there underneath but I didnt' have the energy to even think about them. :/Tell the doc about the obsessive thoughts. Don't hold stuff back. You're the only one with all to gain/lose. And, as far as depression goes, it should work for that, but we're all a little different chemically. Nevertheless, hopefully you'll have nothing but success on it.
GBU
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