Nortriptiline

[senida]

Hi there,

I've been taking Nortriptiline for about 12 years.  Is it safe to take for a long period of time?  My issue with depression is not sleeping with hysteria and I still suffer from the illness.  Nortriptiline has been a great drug and I am doing well on it.  I can work, deal with stress and sleep well.  I'm taking 100 mg everyday at nighttime.

Sunita

[Hensley258]

Wow this is an old post of mine. Back when I was taking Nortriptilyne. A good drug if it didn't poop out in 18 months.

geesja, myself and a couple other members responded to your earlier post.

[geesja]

I have been diagnosed with Major Depression and Bipolar Disorder II, in my opinion is not to much depression as Anxiety.I can not use antidepresants as they make me very anxious. So, they prescribed anti-anxiety pills also wich make me fill like a zombie, lossing memory and lack of attention, so I lost my job and friends. Then, then decided to prescribe mood stabilizers then my TSH test got affected and they prescribed me thyroids pills. They put me with Quetiepine and I got  a seizure and paralized muscles (and tongue).  Anyway, I stoped funtioning and overmedicated, no energy, pannic, social fobia, and so on... I decided to stop (gradually) everything by myself and after a couple of months I am feeling MUCH better now...even, I came back to work, But, its difficult to deal with my changes of mood and thoughs , can not manage  any emotion (neither bad nor good ones) they are so frecuents. My husband is not able to deal with it, he gets stucked on fights with me and I am really hurt. What to do?? Either or, with or without medications my life is so miserable!!! Sometimes I think about killing myself would stop my pain and the troubles to the rest of the people around me, Note: I have tried aditional treatments as nature pills, counselling, workshops, relaxations CDs, auto hypnosis therapy, positive afirmations, tons of books, religions, prayers, and so on with no results... Someone help me , pleaseeee!!

[Hensley258]

I also take Nortriptilyne. I've been on it for about 2 years after SSRI meds stoped working for me.

I'm really not sure about the long term effects of using this medication.
I haven't been able to find any studies or reports related to long term usage of this drug.

Even if I found out that I was at high risk of some disease related to it's usage, I would probably still take it. The alternative for me is much worse than the risk of taking it.

I'm sure that these kinds of medications must put some kind of stress on our bodies organs. Not sure to what degree or how exactly they effect our long term health.