Years ago, I took 50mg/day of Nortriptyline to potentiate and smooth out the metabolization of Ritalin-SR (yeah, the nasty hardcore oldschool stuff we had to suffer with pre-Concerta). It was good for making Ritalin-SR less awful, but it had a nasty side-effect: while I was taking it, I more or less completely lost my ability to pee while standing. In fact, that was half the reason I eventually switched to Desipramine... I'd go out to bars, and spent the night in misery once the need to pee kicked in (sitting at a bar just isn't going to happen).
Nortriptyline also gave me carbohydrate cravings from hell. I was perpetually hungry, and would actually get nauseous and sick if I didn't give in and give my body the carbohydrates it was demanding. I also gained ~25 pounds before discovering that I could short-circuit the cravings with fewer calories by just eating Nerds (the pressed-sugar coated candy from Wonka) whenever a craving hit.
Mirtazapine (Remeron), most antipsychotics (including the atypical ones), and Tricyclic antidepressants that are related to (or metabolites of) Amitryptiline, are legendary for causing carbohydrate cravings. Desipramine is the only TCA I know of that doesn't really have either of those two side effects (it's possible that imipramine, protriptyline, and/or lofepramine might be OK, too).
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