Re: Muscle spams and twitches - doxepin the cause?

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi guys,

>

> I thought I'd let you know how I was progressing with my tapering.

> I've reduced the Lexotan by 15% (over the last 4 weeks), going

very

> slowly and it is working fine. I also started tapering the doxepin

> (sinquan) because I wasn't sure that it was doing me any good.

> Suddenly I noticed that the amount of muscle twitching I had in

the

> mornings started to decrease after I had dropped 10% on the

doxepin.

> This was quite a surprise. Anyway, I've decided to do another 10%

> drop this week and see what happens. It is my impression that I

seem

> to be mildly stimulated by the doxepin and that by reducing it my

> body seems to be less so. Moreover, I'm not encountering any

serious

> trouble (at the moment) with the doxepin taper, which seems to

prove

> that the older tricyclics are easier to taper than the newer SSRIs.

>

> Keeping my fingers crossed. Regards to all of us sufferers out

there.

>

> Cheers

>

> Jeff

>

Hi Jeff,

I'm glad to hear you're progressing well with the withdrawals.

I had twitching and spasms on the doxepin too. I was on a low dose

and I also noticed an improvement of those symptoms when I tapered

off.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Thanks for the response. Did those symptoms eventually go away? To be

honest the muscle twitching is the most bothersome symptom I have at

the moment and I was more than surprised when I noticed that doxepin

seems to be the culprit here.

Cheers

Jeff

>

> Hi Jeff,

>

> I'm glad to hear you're progressing well with the withdrawals.

>

> I had twitching and spasms on the doxepin too. I was on a low dose

> and I also noticed an improvement of those symptoms when I tapered

> off.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Jeff,

I'd like to add that yes the twitching muscles stuff does eventually go away. Great to hear that this is your worse symtom.

Rose

Hi ,Thanks for the response. Did those symptoms eventually go away? To be honest the muscle twitching is the most bothersome symptom I have at the moment and I was more than surprised when I noticed that doxepin seems to be the culprit here.Cheers Jeff> > Hi Jeff,> > I'm glad to hear you're progressing well with the withdrawals.> > I had twitching and spasms on the doxepin too. I was on a low dose > and I also noticed an improvement of those symptoms when I tapered > off. > > >To subscribe to our off-topic Social list go to:

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