Posted by Ritch on March 12, 2005, at 12:09:24
In reply to Stimulant, Provigil, Tyrosine, Desipramine ?????? » Ritch, posted by smith562 on March 11, 2005, at 16:28:27
> > I think the WB is aggravating your anxiety.. just a suspicion. I get panic and WB definitely made it worse, and I also became avoidant of things I normally didn't avoid. Yep, it's great for motivation.. but maybe it would be better to find a motivating *replacement* for the WB that doesn't aggravate anxiety? I would tinker with one med at a time... otherwise it will be really tough to figure out what's causing what... been there done that a few dozen times... I would eye an alternative for the WB. B4 you do that.. you might experiment with *stopping* the WB for a day or two and see if you feel better anxiety-wise straight away.. if so, that is the likely culprit.
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> Hey Mitch,
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> Thanks for the advice. Wellbutrin is a stranger drug, I have read your response and have had the same reaction. Works well the first couple of days, then anxiety builts up.
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> Any recommendations for motivation (I know you mentioned pamelor previously)? Stimulant, Provigil, Tyrosine, Desipramine, Lamictal ?????
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> Thanks,
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> Smith
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> PS I am trying to find something similar to nardil (nardil is great, but caused obesity-insomnia-memory loss-sexual disfunction)I would consider changing the WB > nortriptyline (Pamelor). A few years back I was on WB + Effexor (for AD's-with Depakote and clonazepam). I called it "Depaklonoeffexobutrin" and overall it was pretty potent combo for bipolar depression. However, I was still having really bad residual anxiety at times from the WB. I added 10mg of nortriptyline here and there during that time and got VERY good relief from the anxiety. I've also tried nort+Zoloft (which also worked pretty good), and nort+Celexa (not as good, blah). If you go the nortiptyline route, just take 10mg for a couple of weeks (the Zoloft will increase its blood level somewhat) and see what happens. It helped my ADD sx rather well. The anticholinergic effects.. really bad dry mouth.. is what made me not like it.. but on the plus side.. NO orthostatic hypotension.
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