maybe you need to change meds x

I haven't heard of dosulein...is there any way to get in touch with your doctor? Let him/her know how you are feeling, I'm not quailified to give meds advice, really, but do care that you are feeling so badly, maybe getting in touch with the doctor is the thing to do :)

I haven't heard of any of those. Talk to your doc!

Dosulepin is relatively mild and is used for low level anxiety depression and similar disorders, particularly where insomnia and/or loss of appetite are present. It can take between two and four weeks of regular usage to become effective, it is often started at a low level and the dosage increased if this is ineffective. The drug causes drowsiness as a side-effect, and this may be used as part of the treatment, since anxiety depressive patients may have difficulty sleeping, but it can be combined with other drugs such as temazepam.


[edit] Side effects
The most common side-effects are drowsiness and dry mouth. Other less common side-effects may include:

Constipation
Abnormally large stools
Blurred vision
Tachycardia
Urinary retention
tremors, especially of the hands
Blood disorders
Hypotension
Sexual dysfunction
Sweating
Increased sensitivity to sunlight, increased vulnerability to sunburn
These side-effects cease when treatment ceases. Alcohol should be avoided whilst taking dosulepin as it may increase some side-effects.

Whilst dosulepin is not addictive, it should not be stopped suddenly as there is a risk of initial withdrawal symptoms which may be mistaken for some of the original indications for the drug:

Nausea
Vomiting
Loss of appetite
Headache
Giddiness
Chills
Insomnia
Anxiety

[edit] Contra-indications
Contra-indications include:

Certain conditions of the heart, mainly those affecting the electrical impulses to the heart muscle, particularly arrhythmia or recent heart attack
Mania.
Liver disease or thyroid disease
Epilepsy, phaeochromocytoma, glaucoma or diabetes
Hypotension, vulnerability to dizziness or fainting
History of urinary retention or porphyria

[edit] Drug interactions
The drug can interact dangerously with vasoconstrictors and should not be taken in combination with phenylephrine or adrenaline in particular.

This drug should not be started within 2 weeks of stopping a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) antidepressant, and should not be co-administered with any selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant such as fluoxetine), or any medication which affects the electrical impulses to the heart (e.g. astemizole, halofantrine or terfenadine).

The drug is not recommended for use by children nor taken in combination with some other drugs, including herbal remedies.

There you go... thats what it is :) its spelt differently though...
DOSULEPIN

thanks duno, prob is, im on ssri's i wonder if she read the report right.
i was at docs this morining, she said these are to help me as i have anxity, i told her how i have been feeling and this was her answer, to put me on these meds. she is going to contact the psyciatrist so i can see them asap, that will prob take 3 - 4 weeks!