Posted by mav27 on March 20, 2009, at 15:09:49
In reply to Nortriptyline on its own - what to expect?, posted by hansi555 on March 20, 2009, at 12:16:32
Well seratonin is usually regarded as being responsible for the sadness/depresion ect so ifyu are getting that back when lowering the lexapro then it seems like you may need some sort of seratonin drug. Nortriptyline which has very weak sertatonin efects as isprimarily noradrenaline is responsible for things like Energy. Nortriptyline on it's own made me quite agitated and didn't help the sadness. If the nortriptyline is having benifits though but you are feeling sad you could ask to change to amitriptyline which effects bother seratonin and noradrenaline (nortriptyline actually comes from amitriptyline as a metabolite) Amitriptyline has more side effects though typical of TCA's, making you sleep is one of the strong effects of it.
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