Posted by Denise1904 on August 24, 2004, at 10:54:48
In reply to Re: To Scott » Denise1904, posted by SLS on August 24, 2004, at 6:00:46
Hi Scott,
That sounds great, taking a drug and it putting you back to normal again and then just being able to come off it and still be normal. That's what I want as I feel like Humpty Dumpty who just wants to be put back together again. I just hope there are no withdrawal effects from it. Will you be able to get hold of any from your Psychiatrist?
As far as tricyclics go, yes the first AD I ever took was prothiaden (think you know it as Dothiepin) when I was 24 and it worked wonders at a dose of only 75mg. Ironically I never really expected it to do anything as had never heard of antidepressants at that time and didn't believe I was depressed.
But this time round, with this episode or whatever you want to call it, which started 3 years ago (I'm now 38) tried the prothieden and went up to 300mg and it didn't work and all I ended up with was more anxiety and a seizure. The only thing that got me through those days was 10mg of Zyprexa when I was really, really desperate.
How do you know that your HPA axis is off kilter, have you had one of those dexamone (not sure how to spell it) suppression tests and how long have you been taking the Cymbalta?Denise
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