Any advice on imipramine
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Hi, after dealing with alot of stress in my life, typically my personality type I finalled pushed myself over the edge & ended up with what seemed like a panic attack which I felt something click in my head, knew then something dramatic it started me on the road of taking antidepressants & so this is the way it's been for the last 16 years, having tried so many & dealing with their side affects! Having tried twice & failed to completely come off them I am now about to go back on imipramine(tofranil generic) but my worry is what happens when taking them don't know is it just me or is it the meds, I take 200mg, imipramine & 50mg Seroquel, what happens with me & wondering if it happens others I can wake up in a heightened state of anxiety & can't seem to settle down, as I'm a single Mum this can affect how I deal with situations in the house & upsets me, when this happens I find it hard to think clearly & and make decisions! This happens most days! Ive said this before to my Doctor but never makes much of it. I hate chopping & changing tablets as they all have different side affects & all take weeks to work. I am very frustrated & have no real support : (
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lynne82155 mar99927
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Also try some therapy it wont cure you but it will train your brain to deal with the problems
Stay Strong
elizabeth112 mar99927
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I also suffer from this waking with anxiety feeling, and like yourself, I have a long history of taking anti-depressants- currently 80mg fluoxetine and 20 mg amitryptelene at night, for chronic pain and insomnia. I'm also Hypothyroid and take Levothyroxine. Until recently I hadn't been aware of the strong connection between Thyroid depletion, Adrenal Depletion, and anxiety, depression and pain, but found some webistes online which have lots of people reporting these symptoms despite, like myself, long tern "treatment" with Synthetic Thyroid (Levothyroxine). I've ordered an adrenal stress test, to try to find out whether my "mental health" symptoms do, in fact, have a physical cause- i.e. depletion of my Thyroid and Adrenal Glands. Perhaps you should consider having these tested, too?
I've seen a Psch. several times, had CBT and Mindfulness courses, but none has helped, though of course you may be different. I hope so, but nevertheless, I strongly urge you go down the investigation of Glandualr Causes route. If nothing else, it takes absolutely ages- several months at the very least- to get any sort of ongoing Psyvchologial/Psychiatric treatement in UK on the NHS- though I'm sure, if you can afford private fees (£100 plus per session- and the minimum is usually 8!) then I'd certainly advise that route.
mar99927 elizabeth112
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elizabeth112 mar99927
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in my very bad spells I find myself purchasing these items in the hope that one of them will work- but sadly, I haven't yet found "it"- though I'll certainly let you know at once if I do.