Posted by stargazer on January 7, 2007, at 22:53:10
In reply to Re: Nardil + nortriptyline is working - AGAIN! » SLS, posted by Phillipa on January 7, 2007, at 18:48:12
Scott,
Happy to hear the Nardil is working so well. I may have to try Nardil again if Emsam doesn't start to work soon. I'm only at 6 mg but usually meds will work for me at the lower end of things if they are going to work.
I believe I have alot of he same type of depressive symptoms you have...I have TRD with alot of anergia, some social anxiety, although I havent't been putting myself out there lately so I'm rusty with that... and ADD symptoms, lack of motivation, focus, attention span, distractibility, etc.
My choice was to try Nardil again, but my pdoc wanted me to try EMsam first so thats what I'm doing. Initially I had alot of energy on Emsam but not feeling like I did when Nardil and Marplan worked in the mid to late 80's. That was a normal person type of feeling, where I would never think about what I was doing and wouldjust be living anormal, productive life. All the years on the other meds (SSRI's, etc.) I may have not been depressed but I was still thinking about how I was doing and how I really wasn't comfortable in my life and my relationships with others. It's hard to explain the difference but I'm sure anyone who has TRD knows the difference.
I'm glad it is working for you but I don't understand how the combination works. I have had problems with Lamictal, only took Nortrip, briefly, on it's own...think I took Abilify once, no recollection of effect...and is Trileptal an antiseizure/mood stabalizer? Can you say what each one adds to the formula in terms of symptom control?
God bless whoever is handling your psychopharm management. It is an unusual mix but very customized so hope it keeps you out of trouble, I'm keeping my fingers crossed...SG
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