If you look at the list of side effects for tricyclic antidepressants Mikey, you find that they are similar to those of SSRI drugs. If anon feels better on imipramine , it might be the placebo effect.Double blind studies on antidepressants show they have little if any positive effects and loads of dangerous if not fatal side effects.According to your link, they produce permanant brain damage.They also cause severe adrenal exaustion.
Because of genetically based differences in cytochrome-450, different people excrete antidepressants at very different rates just as people excrete mercury at different rates.If anon suffered no side effects, he or she probably excreted imipramine well so it never built up to dangerous concentrations.The people who excrete it slowly often have 20x the prescribed amount in their blood and are the most likely to be damaged. Unfortunately doctors prescribe the same dose to everyone.Those who don't excrete these antidepressants often have heart arrythmias which can be fatal . I think this is what killed Anna Nicole Smith's son.When people die or develop health problems from prescription drugs, their deaths are rarely linked to these drugs.