Re: Imipramine or Clomipramine
Hi! I'm the same with worrying about side effects, but at the end of the day, the docs know what they are doing. My schedule was:
8am .5mg Clonazepam
2pm .5mg Clonazepam
Before Bed (so around 9ish). 1mg Clonazepam, 125mg Nortriptyline, 1.5mg Olanzapine, 30mg Mirtazapine. (It was about 10 tablets all together and I swallowed them all together).
I have never had any bad side effects doing this and if my kids woke up during the night, I was able to get up to them without any problems.
Please try not to worry about it, it is such a tiny dose. I don't even think you would have side effects on that dose, but if you do it would be more like, dry mouth and constipation.
If you need to chat, I'm here :-)
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Originally Posted by
Scaredbear
Hello,
I just wanted to give you my experience with clomipramine. I was started on this by a psychiatrist when I was 15 due to sudden onset of severe panic disorder - not OCD. I have been on it (on various doses between 50mg and 150mg) ever since - I am now 27. Although I still have bad phases of severe anxiety (and some obsessive thoughts regarding death) generally, I would say this drug saved my life.
My mum also started experiencing panic attacks a few years back and has been on a low dose of clomipramine which has helped her.
It's quite a rare drug these days apparently but I can really say it has helped me, as much as I believe any med would. I haven't suffered any serious bouts of depression since before being prescribed it either.
Only major side effects are bad dry mouth and drowsiness but the dry mouth goes away and the drowsiness is manageable!
Hi Scaredbear! Thank you for giving us your experience on Clomipramine. It can be quite a stuggle sometimes on here to find someone who has experience with these medications. With regards to the drowsiness are you still able to drive, work etc. I am starting tonight on 25mg. My main concern is an increase in anxiety, as my levels are already pretty high, even though the last few days haven't been too bad because I have been able to have a relatively good sleep. I'm on other sedating medication (olanzapine, mirtazapine and klonopin, so I am hoping once the Clomipramine kicks in, I can start to reduce some of these meds. Thanks again for your input. Tracy
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