Posted by Racer on February 18, 2006, at 11:38:15
In reply to How sedating is nortriptyline, posted by Maxime on February 18, 2006, at 9:23:24
Nortriptyline was the first AD I ever took, back in the bad old days. It was a revelation.
In fact, once it kicked in, the doctor who dragged me to a psychiatrist to get treated for depression in the first place, dragged me to the psychiatrist to be checked for bipolar, because she couldn't believe that the cheerful, bubbly person she was seeing had just been hidden by the depression. She thought it more likely I was manic. (Answer was nope -- that was probably the person I was supposed to be.)
Anyway, I do remember a bit of sedation -- remember, this was 1985? 1986? Long time ago. Anyway, I do remember there was some, and some insomnia -- which might have been me, not the drug -- and some constipation. And I know that none of them were as bad as the same things on Paxil. On Paxil, I needed a daily nap. On nortriptyline, I felt draggy part of the afternoon. That sort of thing.
And personally? Although this was before Prozac was available, so I don't really know, I would expect that the nortriptyline/Prozac combo would be a good choice. It seems as though Prozac would help counter some of the side effects of the nortriptyline.
Good luck with it.
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