Posted by g_g_g_unit on July 15, 2009, at 7:11:28
In reply to Re: meeting new pdoc - some advice please, posted by bleauberry on July 15, 2009, at 5:16:22
> What you want is nortriptyline. Insist on the brand Pamelor to start with. 10mg to start and work up higher every week or so.
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> At askapatient.com you can check it out. Nortriptyline is excellent for anxiety, panic, OCD, depression, pain, and sleep. It has side effects like other meds, but different sides than otheer meds. As you roam through the comments of other people who have used it, you will see the ones with negative experiences are greatly outnumbered by the ones with positive experiences. If you then type in the search box names of other meds you or your doctor might consider, you will see the opposite...negative experiences outnumber the good ones.
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> Even in the 50 years or so that the TCAs and MAOIs were invented, I do not see evidence that any of the newer meds have been able to top their reliability.
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> Anxiety, OCD, anhedonia, post-ssri syndrome suspected...if all of those are true, look no further than nortriptyline. You don't need anything exotic, just something that really works.Thanks; i went on nortriptyline at a low dose for a couple weeks last year, but don't think i gave it a fair evaluation.
my doctor actually wants me to stay off all meds for a little while so we can evaluate what my real issues are, so i'm not sure what to do actually. i keep thinking this might be the time i gotta 'spend in the wilderness' while i readjust, since i've only been off meds a week (though i donno how much withdrawal Memantine would create; otherwise last thing was Nardil in may). anyway, it sounds nice in theory, but it's a lot harder in practice ...
i know my parents are running out of patience with me (my mom seems to have this huge stigma about their not being anything 'physically' wrong with me). i just don't know who to rely on .. i kind of want to just throw in the towel and declare myself an invalid or something, but then i know that's just a fantasy .. that if i turned myself over to hospital, i'd probably receive worse treatment than the kind i'd receive in private consulation. i haven't disregarded your ideas about candida/yeast etc. - i've actually been e-mailing doctors to see who would be willing to attempt to make a diagnosis. but it's like i need meds to garner the will power to stay off meds ...
sigh .. apologies for being such a downer.
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