Hi Rachel, @rwinney, I like your statement....."seems like I'm quite past this drug". I began to feel the same way. Nortriptyline was very helpful for me when I was trying to accept my lot in life......coping with neuropathy. The depression was becoming more and more impacted by suicide ideation. This medication did its job and now there is a joy to be found in every day.

My PCP felt that it was an older medication that I no longer needed. I was using mindful meditation as a daily solution to depression and experiencing uncontrollable constipation which I now know was attributable to the nortriptyline. My PCP and I made a shared decision: replace the Nortriptyline on a graduated taper with a tincture of 1:1 CBD/THC. It has been 4 months and I am finally free of taper symptoms and an anti-depressant which did its job and was no longer needed.

So what is next? Duloxetine. I am going to wait for you Rachel, to finish your duloxetine taper so that I can benefit from your experience. I am currently researching substitutes.

Isn't this a wonderful thing about Connect........we share and support each other..........giving us access to ever so much information from an up-close and personal source.....other members. I want to thank all of you who have shared your taper experiences. You have helped me and I am very grateful. Be free of suffering. Chris