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- Q
- I am 51 years old and have been taking antidepressants off and on for about
eight years. I've tried Anafranil, Paxil, Effexor, Imipramine, and Remeron.
All meds control depression/anxiety/phobias for me. However, the side
effects always make me give up. I'm now on imipramine and I have jaw pain
and hot flashes/sweating. I did try hormones for awhile but the hot
flashes/sweating continued. The sweats are worse than the jaw pain. I hate
to go off this medication and start a new one. Is there any solution?
Could these side effects go away in time?
- A
- ... sorry to hear of your ploblems ...
unfortunately, side-effects ars a fact of life with the tri-cyclic
antidepressants, including imipramine ... tolerance can develop to some of
the wide spectrum of such effects, but not, I believe, to your problems ...
sweating, by the way is quite a common side-effect ... a possible answer
would be reduction in dosage, quite a wide range is used and it may be that
you can achieve the desired effect at some lower dosage than you use now.
By the way, the use of aspirin and some other drugs will increase
both the desired and undesired effects of imipramine.
Best
wishes.