Posted by Tom on April 13, 2000, at 11:43:02
In reply to Re: Paxil and TCAs, posted by ruth on March 23, 2000, at 11:31:39
> Russ--
>
> I take 20 mg's of prozac with 75 mg's of
> desipramine. It's worked very well with me. I
> plan on going down to 10 mg's of prozac soon,
> to hopefully get rid of some of prozac's side
> effects. Prozac worked fine for me too, but
> seems even better with desipramine, a more
> complete relief of the depression, rather than a
> "I'm not miserable anymore, but I'm not exactly
> happy either"...
>
> ruthHas anyone tried Paxil with Nortryptiline (sp?). I currently take desipramine, but its too activating. My doc wanted me to add Paxil to it, but I think that will compound problems. I'm leaning toward switching to Nortrip at my next visit, with a backup plan of adding Paxil to it if it isn't too activating.
poster:Tom
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