Posted by medamorphosis on October 19, 2010, at 12:40:14
In reply to Re: Question for amitriptyline users, posted by ed_uk2010 on October 18, 2010, at 23:21:21
> >Was it a real 'light switch' moment, or was it very gradual?
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> Yeah, it was like the lights going out ;)
> I can't tolerate amitriptyline at all.....at any dose.
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> I really hope you get some benefit from it. Amitriptyline is said to be one of the most powerful antidepressants.
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> I'm sure someone will now post something more helpful.
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>You know its strange, its been a week today and if anything I've found it quite stimulating! My heads certainly clearer, right from the moment I wake.
My theory is that because I've just switched from trimipramine which has its own similar anticholinergic effects, my brain is so used the the onslaught of it that now I've switch to amitrypyline I'm not getting these effects as I already went through them with trimipramine.
Make sense? Its a little tricky to word lolU.K.resedent
Ills: AvPD, major depression, addictive personality
Regime: 80mg isocarboxazid, 3mg clonazepam, 100mg amitryptyline, hi-dose b vits + zinc
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