Posted by shelby on January 8, 2001, at 13:02:52
I have been on anti-depressents for 10 years approx. I started out and am currently on elavil. Over the years, I have tried to get off meds but crash within a week. I have also tried the SSRI's (Effexor, Paxil, Prozac, Serzone, Desyrel, Zoloft, Wellbutrin) with no great results (insomnia, agitation, aggressiveness, felt like a wall was around me). I have started at low doses and slowly working my way up. I have also given these drugs a good amount of time (6-8 weeks give or take a week).
I have also tried St. John's Wort and trytophin. They did not work for depression either.
It seems like the older tricyclics work for me due to their "dirty blanket" abilities (not just targeting seretonin, norepinephrine or dopamine).
My question is - is there another tricyclic that is similar to elavil in no problems with sleeping but that gets my away from the carbohydrate cravings. As I go up in dose (winter time) so too, do my cravings.
I have tried doxepin (even worse carbo cravings!), trimipramine, ludiomil (really scary side effect - felt like I was going to have a seizure). These three were taken along with elavil so the side effect profile would be exacerbated (sp?). I have also tried imipramine by itself years ago but had night sweats, bad dreams and insomnia.
I need a calming anti-depressent. Is there such a one that is similar to elavil? Sorry for the long post. I have read the archives also trying to find info that would pertain to me.
Thanks
Shelby
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