| While not necessarily addictive, antidepressant drugs | | | | found under the names Adapin and Sinequan. |
| can cause serious side effects that lead to erratic | | | | Desipramine is sometimes also prescribed to treat |
| behavior. Such side effects create a dangerous | | | | eating disorders and withdrawal symptoms from |
| situation in the workplace, the home, while driving and | | | | cocaine addiction. It is sold under the name brands |
| in many other instances. Those antidepressant drugs | | | | Norpramin and Pertofrane.How Do Tricyclic |
| of particular concern are tricyclic | | | | Antidepressants Work?Antidepressants work by |
| antidepressants.Amitriptyline is an antidepressant drug | | | | helping to maintain certain levels of neurotransmitters, |
| that goes by the brand name Limbitrol. Nortriptyline is | | | | chemicals called serotonin and norepinephrine in the |
| also a part of the tricyclic antidepressant family and is | | | | brain. These chemicals help to regulate mood and |
| prescribed as Aventyl and Pamelor. Doxepin is used | | | | modes of thinking. |
| to treat both depression and anxiety and can be | | | | |