Posted by Justherself54 on April 21, 2010, at 12:37:33
In reply to Re: Clomipramine » Justherself54, posted by SLS on April 21, 2010, at 11:41:14
Hi Scott.
From what I understand from my pdoc is the range for depression treatment is between 100 and 200 mg. I was to have a blood test two weeks after increasing it to 100 mg. to test the levels. We both thought I was on 75 mg and was tolerating it quite well, although my depressive symptoms are still pretty bad, but I know now I'm still at 50 mg.
The other 3 TCA's I've tried were amitriptaline, nortriptaline, and one other (the name escapes me right now). All caused such severe sedation to the point where I was sleeping during the day for more than 10 hours, and was not hearing the telephone ring, nor my dog barking. When I was awake I felt like I was hungover.
I have three small grandchildren and I was afraid I wouldn't respond during that kind of sleep if something happened when they were staying with me.
I have to say I was not thrilled to try another TCA, due to my previous experiences with them, however, this is so different, it gives me hope that I can get some relief from the depression.
Right now all I'm experiencing as side effects are dry mouth, loss of appetite (OK by me as I'm overweight) and more difficulty sleeping and a bit of sedation during the day, but not enough to even have a nap on.
That's why I'm wondering if I could tolerate the increase to 100 instead of doing the 75 mg increase, just to try to quickly reach a more theraputic range for my depressive symptoms, but I also want to be cautious not to invite a host of unwelcome side effects by doing it too quickly.
Thanks so much for your response.
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