Posted by Lawrence S. on January 29, 2003, at 1:55:05
In reply to Well..No Nortriptaline, posted by Peter on January 28, 2003, at 20:17:45
Peter, Lamictal worked incredibly well for my social phobia, but after a while I became deppresed. I did however take it along with ritalin, wellbutrin and lexapro. It seems like it gives you a boost for a few weeks and then you need to increase the dose. Or in my case, leave the dose the same and then deppresion sets in. Maybe it would have worked better if I had been on a more potent AD to counteract this. But then it also seemed to cause mood fluctuation so I gave it up.
When I was on nardil I occaisionally ate tyramine unknowingly and nothing happened. It was a constant fear for me. I would order salads in a restaurant and find cheese in it when I specifically asked for no cheese. I found that Hershey's chocolate bars were OK, but then I had just a little bit of Brachs chocolate stars and found that my neck was starting to get stiff and checked my B.P. and it was elevated. luckilly, it soon passed without complications. You have to be carefull.
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