Posted by mattdds on January 19, 2004, at 12:05:58
In reply to Imipramine again, posted by Squiggles on January 19, 2004, at 8:35:29
Hello,
I had the same experience with imipramine. It was just too anxiogenic to continue with the trial. My social anxiety is normally well controlled with Klonopin and lots of CBT, but when I started taking imipramine, I would get all sweaty and nervous when talking to people. It creates a *lot* of anxiety, at least in my situation.
Of course, as you mentioned, if it works, the side effects can be controlled with clonazepam or another similar minor tranquilizer, probably at a high dose - Klonopin felt like a sugar pill when I was on imipramine.
I understand that imipramine *does* have the best track record for severe "endogenous" type depression. Not very useful for anxiety though, IMO.
Why not imipramine + clonazepam (high dose) + sleep med like Ambien?
Best,
Matt
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