Posted by stargazer2 on October 2, 2007, at 12:07:28
In reply to Re: Want to hear more about Pamelor/Ugotta » stargazer2, posted by UGottaHaveHOPE on October 1, 2007, at 22:07:45
Michael, I'm feeling better than I have in over a year and last week I actually went on a job interview. I didn't get one job and haven't heard about the second. But just the idea that I went is a miracle in itself since it's been over a year that I've worked.
I added nortriptyline 25 (aka Pamelor) on 8/17, to the Nardil 30 I was already taking. On 8/15, I began taking Synthroid, after seeing an endocrinologist (actually saw an APRN). On 8/25 I upped the Nardil to 45 mg since I was still feeling depressed. The improvement in my mood could be the result of any of those 3 changes.
Then on 8/23 I increased Nortriptyline to 75, which was the target dosage when starting Nortrip. Due to a severe dry mouth and dizziness, I reduced the Nortrip on 9/7 to 50 mg.
On 9/11 I wrote, "depression stable" and my mood has remained good since then, so the improvement in my mood from when I added Nortriptyline was about 3-4 weeks.
The only remaining side effect is dry mouth but it is better than when I was on 75 mg.
As far as getting on Synthroid goes, I'm not sure how much of my improvement is due to adding that.
So the combination of Nardil 45, Nortriptyline 50 and Synthroid 50 mcg is what has improved my mood. Sometimes we don't know exactly what med is doing what, I bet my pdoc will leave well enough alone for now. I hope this can result in my seeing him less than weekly or every other week (which I just graduated to) and God willing, find a job as long as my mood stays stable. For me, it's never too difficult to finding a job but inevitably my depression returns and I find myself unable to stay in a job. This time I want to make sure I try to do this as best I can since I've been working 30 years and have no pension or stable job record. It is so frustrting since I am a hard worker but my abilities crash when depression returns.
I know you will get back to your level before decreasing the dose of Nardil, as Jedi was saying it has continued to work for him despite trying other meds but always coming back to Nardil.
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