Posted by michael73 on February 13, 2003, at 2:11:43
In reply to anafranil s/effects -- do they go away?, posted by ace on February 12, 2003, at 23:08:59
Hi, took it for 5 years along with Klonopin. It caused me a nervous tension that didn't allow me to truely relax. Particularly disturbing for me was that it made it very difficult to urinate. Delayed orgasm was another. A positive side effect was that it dried up my armpit sweating. It had a profound positive effect for me on obsessoinal thinking and shyness. As far as an AD it often made me feel "too good" - I may be bipolar II though - and on the other hand the lack of serenity sometimes seemed to cause me depression and agitation - again I may be bipolar II. On Anafranil I was actually a different person - different hobbies, I had a drinking problem (I think I drank to self medicate that nervous tension or else because I felt "too good".
I could not really even tolerate 50mg/day but 25mg/day was ineffective so I did something a bit odd and took 50mg every 36hrs. Feel free to ask me anything else - I might be gone for a week or so but I'll come back and check. Good luck. Michael73
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