Posted by zeugma on August 23, 2004, at 19:15:02
In reply to Nardil + Nortriptyline - urgent qstns!!!, posted by ace on August 23, 2004, at 18:51:05
ace,
i would guess that of the most effective AD's of all time, both nortriptyline and Nardil would be high on the list. Nortrip got me out of a wasting depression so severe that i was little more than a skeleton. I agree about the dosage- you need to have plasma work done with this med. SLS has reported serotonin syndrome on this combination, however, and I have seen conflicting reports as to its serotonergetic potency. It is definitely less dangerous than Anafranil, but that may not be saying much. Scott has personal experience with this combo, and with similar ones, and he may be able to give more concrete info.
By the way, i think it is wholly admirable that you are sticking to Nardil tenaciously... i feel the same way about nortriptyline, although it does make life more complicated in some ways. There's nothing like relief from depression, and i am of the opinion that pdocs too often see these meds as interchangeable sets of receptor affinities and so forth, and so miss the element of the idiosyncratic and unknown that suffuses all we know of the brain... best of luck, z
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