[20oney]

I've been on nortriptyline for the last 5-6 months or so, I think? I'm really frustrated with this process. I've been seeing a public psychiatrist who doesn't seem to understand the importance of finding something that works as soon as possible.. I finally made it to 75mg 7 weeks ago, then went to 100mg 3 weeks ago...
75mg made me a little bit spaced out with no depression lifting benefits. So we thought we'd try 100mg. It is messed up! Its like being stuck in autopilot. I am fully here, in the moment, but with a couple of seconds, or minutes, i wonder how I did whatever has just happened...? It's hard to explain..

My therapist has been noticing things with this increase, and has mentioned her worry towards its effects.. it's taken me a few weeks, but I'm able to see what she sees currently... I ant concentrate, I am struggling to stay awake past 5pm.. I'm jobless and struggling to apply for jobs because I can't concentrate long enough to fill out a cover letter..

So it's time to get off this failure number 3 of spending too long on a stupid freaking medication that doesn't do a thing for me.

Has anyone else here come off nortriptyline? What was your experience like with withdrawals, how long did they last and how slow did you taper?

[kecanoe]

I am still on nortriptylene, but just wanted to say that I get your frustration. You tell the pdoc that you are having dangerous feelings and they say to try drug x and, oh yeah, it will take 6-8 weeks to have any effect. Ugh. I have treatment resistant depression-which basically means that it doesn't respond to meds. I hope you find something that works.

[TicTacGo]

Nope- I would definitely suggest seeing another doc, even if it is temporarily a GP, just to get you stable enough to see someone more specialized.

Do not taper off on your own. I repeat, do not. It can only result in a set of unpleasant symptoms if you go off too quickly. I have been there twice. It is horrible, and pretty much most psychotropics give some kind of withdrawals with sudden discontinuation, including rebound symptoms of the initial problem.

I could google the specific set of symptoms linked with nortriptyline, but trust me when I say that you don't want to play with fire.