Posted by SalArmy4me on May 25, 2001, at 23:50:52
Before you give up on medical treatment, there is hope for you in newer medications and newer combinations. I found relief in the MAOI Selegiline. Here are some more options that you may not have thought of:
Nefazodone - great for sleep; no sexual dysfunction; no anticholinergics side-effects.
Lamotrigine - good side-effect profile; most antidepressant properties of the anticonvulsants
Carbamazepine - less side effects than Lithium or divalproex sodium
Topiramate - the newest mood-stabilizer; it promotes weight loss
Desipramine - the least side-effects of all the Tricyclics; one of the SNRIs
High-dose Venlafaxine - at higher doses Venlafaxine affects more chemicals than SSRIs.
Buspirone - an effective antidepressant and anxiolytic at high doses.
Dopamine Agonists - Pramipexole has two studies on it (I took it).
"Power Combinations" - Remeron+Effexor; Wellbutrin+Remeron, Remeron + Prozac
Augmentation of anything you have tried before with Lithium, Pindolol, or Buspar (I take pindolol)
Foreign medications to the US: the RIMA Moclobemide; Reboxetine; Amisulpride, etc
Atypical Neuroleptics/Antipsychotics with antidepressant properties: Risperidone, Olanzapine, Seroquel, GEODON
Provigil - a stimulant that is possibly effective
Irreversable MAOIs - Phenelzine, Tranylcypromine. Extremely Effective.
MAOI-B - Selegiline, an antidepressant almost comparable to Phenelzine.
I hope that gives you hope!
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