Posted by Lia Mason on July 10, 2002, at 11:22:53
Hi,
I'm currently taking imipramine... partly for depression, but mostly for pain control. I have a vaginal pain condition called vulvodynia.
Here's my twofold question. It has been suggested to me that I might have better pain control on desipramine because it targets norepinephrine which is thought to be implicated in pain. Is this true? Also, I took nortriptyline and had to stop because of sedation. My doctor (a gynecologist, not a pdoc) says that my side effect response to nortriptyline is a good predictor of how I would handle desipramine. That is, sedated on one, sedated on the other. This doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. Anyone have a clue?
Thank you so much!
Lia
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