Originally Posted by
Pongowaring
Is anyone else taking this?
I had a hellish six weeks on Citalopram, before my doctor switched me to Dosulepin two weeks ago.
He told me to take 25mg the first week, 50mg the second, and 75mg the third. Today is my last day on 50mg.
I am also taking 5mg Bisoprolol a day.
I've had no side effects thus far (which is a godsend, as cit reduced me to a gibbering wreck and made me feel ten times as bad, despite a previous spell on it four years ago, when it did the same - to a much lesser extent - before helping me).
He told me he was prescribing this as it has a heavy sedative effect, and I have a really close correlation between not sleeping and anxiety - the day after a night of hardly any sleep, I feel utterly awful, without fail.
I've noticed the sedative efffect growing the last few days, it is knocking me out more comprehensively and quicker.
I have also noticed that my mood is lifted considerably - even though I didn't consider myself depressed in the first place - and although I still have moments of strong anxiety / panic, and the occasional bad day, it seems to be helping me.
Don't see it mentioned much on here, so was wondering if anyone else had experiences of it to share.