Posted by colin wallace on April 24, 2002, at 4:14:30
In reply to Thanks Colin, and a few more questions..., posted by johnj on April 23, 2002, at 18:20:47
Hi John,
Funnily enough, my most severe bout of depression started when I was living abroad (Taiwan), and was due for the most part to being unable to take regular, outdoor exercise-and generally not taking care of myself.
Anyway, I mentioned previously that Remeron is not usually associated with discontinuation problems, but Amitryptaline/Pamelor have been known to cause them.Especially if you're on a 'fair' dose of the stuff, you'll need to taper here, to be safe.I tapered it and stopped within a week or two, introducing Sam-e simultaneously.
To be cautious, perhaps you could introduce sam-e when you get down to say, 25mg or less?? Difficult to say, but the beauty of Sammy is that the effects can be fairly rapid, so you could try it on a weekend for instance, and if you didn't like it or experienced anything untoward, the noticable effects would be gone before you went back to work.Also , sam-e's therapeutic range is very wide, seemingly; I only take 200mg, along with 25mg zoloft as I'm med.sensitive, and this suits me fine.Bags of energy, plenty of stamina again, and a clear head afterwards!Gotta dash, off biking,
Col.
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