Posted by blueberry on February 18, 2006, at 15:18:33
In reply to How sedating is nortriptyline, posted by Maxime on February 18, 2006, at 9:23:24
Nortriptyline isn't overly sedating, but until you get used to it you will feel kind of drugged a little bit during the day. Foggy eyes, maybe some dry mouth. Prozac will increase the nortriptyline blood level, so you would only need small doses of nortriptyline to get a strong effect. I think the combo would be good. I tried both for about a week and the nortriptyline did help me sleep better, I could tolerate the drugginess somewhat, but the dry mouth I got was just too much. Funny, I remember I had hand tremors before nortriptyline, and they completely went away while on it. It was overal calming but kind of motivating at the same time. But, don't expect side effects to be as tame as prozac. Desipramine might be good too, but it could be too activating. I tried just a little bit once and it was calming for the first couple hours and then oh my did it get me uncomfortably overstimulated.
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