Posted by Flipsactown on December 5, 2003, at 14:11:26
In reply to HELP-Desipramine despair-Mitch? Raga? anyone?, posted by CraigD on December 4, 2003, at 16:35:31
Please see you pdoc or at least call your pdoc and perhaps they can add prozac or zoloft. It still takes 3 to 4 weeks for the combo to work and hopefully it will work for you. Think positive and know that you are not alone in your depression.
Flipsactown
> Help! I'm on my second full day of desipramine (50 mg) and I don't know if I can continue!
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> The anti-chol. side effects don't bother me as much as the intense sadness and despair that I feel. More than when I started. I want to gouge my brain out and ball at work. I truly want to die.
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> My brain seems to have slowed down a good amount (I don't feel worrisome or rambling or distracted), but I have no desire to talk to or be with anyone. This feeling is really terrible.
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> I miss the mood elevation I had on the SSRI's. Is it possible there's not enough seratonin-based activity with this.
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> More importantly, will this feeling go away as I continue with the meds?
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> HELP!
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