Posted by SFY on March 22, 2006, at 19:39:42
In reply to Re: Requip for Social Phobia/Depression?, posted by kingcolon on March 22, 2006, at 16:58:01
> By the way, are you on other antidepressants? Were your main issues nonresponse, or an apathy syndrome?
> I think I mentioned before that I had some palpitations on 3 mg a day, less on 2 mg a day, and rarely on 1.5 mg a day which I am now on. This side effect is not apparently common, at least as listed in the PDR, so hopefully you won't have it. The low blood pressure on standing can be a problem, and may be associated with rapid heart rate on changes of position until the body readjusts. Just go slow. Keep me informed!I'm on nortriptyline (so I'm already familiar with orthostatic hypotension). It helps my depression but I still have this lingering apathy, low motivation, and anhedonia. I'm hoping that the Requip will have some effect on this. Besides my depression and dysthymia I also have Social Anxiety (though more avoidant than physicall anxious) with low self-esteem, harm avoidance, lack of novelty seeking, and high rejection sensitivity. This all points to dopamine issues so yet another reason to try the Requip.
I didn't have any issues with the rapid heartbeat today so that's a good sign. And I'm titrating up rather slowly starting at .25 mg/day and going up .25 mg each week or two up to .75 mg/day at first. I'll see how that works after two weeks and, if need be, add more.
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