Posted by sukarno on April 18, 2005, at 21:54:19
In reply to Re: Tianeptine » sukarno, posted by ed_uk on April 18, 2005, at 11:17:07
Hi Ed! :-)
"Was your BP normal when you tried nortriptyline before?"
Back in those days I never checked my BP, but my psychiatrist did when I was on imipramine or nortriptyline (forgot which) and she said, "Your blood pressure could be a bit lower. You should take up some exercise."
I think she didn't want to scare me...maybe my BP was high.So I took up exercise and apparently it came down to normal, but that was back in the days when they didn't have BP machines in the supermarkets and shopping malls.
I'm still surprised how such a minute dose of Effexor could have raised my blood pressure and caused such symptoms. How did you like Effexor?
"Do you take the Xanax four times a day? Do you ever suffer from anxiety/withdrawal symptoms between doses? Do you have Xanax XR in Indonesia?"
Yep, four times a day, so I take it every 6 hours to keep the level as even as possible. At 0.5mg 4x/day I had rebound anxiety between doses, so I raised the dose gradually to 1mg 4x/day... at that point there was no more rebound anxiety.
Good thing about Xanax is that it's easy to reach steady-state! :-) Sometimes with Valium it takes a while to reach that "peak" and then "fine-tuning" the dose isn't easy as it can take days to feel any difference.
I wish there was Xanax XR here, but can't find it. I also asked a friend of mine up in Malaysia that works at Pfizer if they have it there, but she said there are no plans to market it in Malaysia.
Here in Indonesia we are further behind when it comes to meds (I think), so we probably won't ever see Xanax XR here.
What meds do you take now? Are they working well?
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