Posted by morganator on December 24, 2009, at 0:23:07
In reply to Re: Nortriptyline questions, posted by bleauberry on December 23, 2009, at 18:20:39
Thanks Bleauberry,
Yeah I'm just frustrated because I felt so normal on 100 mgs of Zoloft alone for so long. It wasn't until I got off it and had a major mixed episode 6 months later that things seemed to change. Much more was going on at that point emotionally that contributed. But it's funny how you stop something, have a very damaging episode, and go back to it and it just doesn't feel the same anymore.
My doctor right now wants to take things slow and not jump on adding any meds. I'm starting a new job and starting to exercise again. He wants to see how I do with the Depakote and Zoloft. He's all about as few drugs as possible.
I would love to try Nortriptyline, especially if it worked for me at a very low dose. I'm guessing that I might be able to lower the Zoloft from 100mg to say 50 or 25. Zoloft at 100 is not stabilizing me the same way it used to anyway. In the past, if I went down to 50mg, I would get feel agitated and get angry at things I would never get as angry at. It was very odd. Then I would got back up to 100 and everything was fine.
So I wonder if Nortriptyline could potentially help repair all of my nerve damage. I wonder if it doesn't only apply to MS.
I actually wanted to talk to my doctor about getting on a low dose of lithium. Evidently lower doses don't act as well to stabilized mood. I like the idea of being on a low dose but a high dose is not something I would want to do. I think the doctors at the hospital and my doctor now are high on depakote because of the type of mania I experienced in the past. Depakote and zyprexa brought me out of my major mixed mania 2 years ago.
I supplement with l carnitine and folic acid, both of which are depleted by depakote. The l carnitine may actually help protect from liver damage done by depakote.
I don't want to be on depakote or any other medication that I consider to be fairly invasive and toxic. I would love to be on a low dose of prozac or Zoloft along with Nortriptyline and just take some of my supplements that seem to help keep me calm and focused.
We will see. As for now I am feeling somewhat better but still have times when I feel terrible. I need to be back to my old self. I'm going back to a restaurant I worked at 3 years ago and they are expecting the old Morgan. Kinda scary but I need to be tough about this.
Thanks again, your insight and thoughts have been very helpful. Hopefully I will try Nortriptyline and it will help me feel much better at a low dose.
I am also still considering adding SJW to the Zoloft. I was tempted to buy some today but I will listen to my doc for now and wait to do something like that after I speak to him.
You said Kira is most likely the more calming and anxiety reducing of the SJW brands right?
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