Posted by Indubious on July 1, 2001, at 15:05:32
In reply to Re: Great xchange: comments Qs » Indubious, posted by Lorraine on July 1, 2001, at 11:13:39
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> > Desipramine is my TCA of choice. SSRI's have not been good for me. The orthostatic hypotension has resulted in two falls, one that could have killed me. DMI, I think that is how it's referred to, has worked every time I've used it. I have side effects from DMI, it makes my heart race.
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> Thanks for sharing your experiences. Is there nothing you can take for the orthohypotension? (I think I have read that drinking a lot of water can help because it increases the blood volume in the veins.)I drink alot of water already, I take topomax and this is the south so with the threat of kidney stones, well I drink alot of water.
The racing heart must be troublesome. I know that omega 3 is supposed to be good for heart beat irregularities. Is yours just racing (this, alone, might drive me nuts) or irregular?
Actually, it's the resting heart rate, my pdoc never checked it, my primary care doc did, it was 120 beats per...she made me stay for an EKG, an ECHO...I don't notice it all the time..
How quickly did DMI become effective?
The crying stopped in 48 hours, I was wanting to get OUT of bed after I woke up on the third day....after a week and a half I really was feeling pretty human again.
Does it have sexual dysfunction as a side effect?
I can't speak to that, I can't remember what a sex drive is, and it's isn't important enough to me to address, don't know if this is related to PTSD due to long term DV, could be hormonal...don't know, don't care....have just begun therapy to deal with the ptsd..will see what happens...but it was gone long before this.
What about weight gain? No..not really...Serzone was bad...I put on 50 pounds..
I'm 48. When did your depression start?
In my early 20's...
Mine started when I became perimenopausal at about 43, although my gyn was unwilling to acknowledge that that's what was going on. It could be a component with you.
I had a hysterectomy at 40, but still have my ovaries so , yeah, it could be...have an exam scheduled next mo...I guess a blood test will tell...
If so, estrogen might help, which in turn might allow you to lower your dosage and reduce the side effects. (Just a possibility.) The smoking is increasing your heart rate too.
I know...I'm one of those smokers..I quit for a year, I smoke for six mo...I quit for a couple of years...my anxiety gets the best of me...I'm a very high stress person and it immobilizes me, smoking is my familiar stress response which sucks because I hate it.
Course, because I started getting anxiety sort of attacks, I had to give up caffiene. I resent each one of these little comfort I give up.
I absolutely understand that!
I responded to this thread because some people seem to feel a need to spread the notion that TCA's are evil and hurt people and bla bla bla...well, the only AD's that ever hurt me or made me sick were SSRI's and the only drug that ever saved me from myself was a TCA. I hope you find the information you need to make a good decision.
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