Posted by CeeSea on May 6, 2004, at 19:56:16
In reply to Re: edronax + inderal = good question for Chemist » CeeSea, posted by Sad Panda on May 6, 2004, at 16:42:13
> Hi CC,
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> Remeron(Avanza) would be a great alternative to Largactil if you want to use it just for sleep. For me it also help with SSRI type side effects that Effexor gives me.(nausea & anorgasmia) Have you tried Effexor? What side effects did you have with the TCA's?
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> Cheers,
> Panda.
>
Hey Panda
I was on Effexor about 3.5yrs ago, but it made me shake too much (I couldn't do anything cos I shook). Avanza is mirtazapine, right? I took it for about 4 months as an anti-d, but my old doctor took me off it because I was gaining weight and lethargic on it, so I was doing worse things with my diet and stuff. I hadn't heard of it as being used for sleep, though I guess that is a possibility. The TCA was mianserin, which works much the same as amitryptaline, but is gentler re: side effects (Dr Vlad says they give it to old people instead of amitryptaline, cos they tolerate it better). At the time I was working at 8am near the city, and I couldn't wake up enough to drive there. I guess it was too sedating? i tried taking it earlier at night, like 6pm, but found I would fall asleep halfway through cooking dinner if I did that. So it let me sleep but too much, I couldn't function during the day.
Poxy, trying to get a balance between functionality and rest! I like the edronax for it's energy, but insomnia is one of the side effects. I tried seroquel for the first time last night, and it knocked me flat in about 10 minutes (I was talking to my friend in the US and I had to stop cos I was slurring my words, then I passed out in the shower!). The dr gave it to me as anti-anxiety, but I could never take that in the daytime and still function. However it can replace Largactil at night, cos I can sleep and I am not too groggy this morning from it.
So the sleep problem is solved, I just need someting for anxiety symptoms now. Mostly it is the physical ones I need to control (shaking and sweating) 'cos i can talk myself down (in my head) but I can't stop shaking. I played a solo in a concert last week and I had a hard time even standing up cos of the shaking. I know it is normal to be nervous in that situation, but this was way too much, and that was with 25mg largactil in my system.
Dr didn't really want to talk about Inderal, but I am going to keep at him cos it does sound like what I need. He says that cos edronax can lower your blood pressure it would be a bad combo. But I have always had really low blood pressure, and since taking edronax it is actually really high for me (120/80). So I doubt that it would be a problem. I might have to take my mother with me to earbash him on the topic, she thinks it would be good too (she is a nurse, but in ICU).
there isn't really much else to try, I don't want to change the ad, but I can't take benzos. Unless he could give me a chemist controlled supply maybe (one week at a time) so that I couldn't take way too many.
Any other ideas? Sorry, this is waaaaaaay too long!
thanks
CC
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