Posted by spike4848 on January 15, 2002, at 7:41:28
In reply to Re: Not sure what to do next ..... » spike4848, posted by IsoM on January 15, 2002, at 1:13:52
> Spike, I'm not in a position to advise anyone but you haven't given the SSRIs much of a try. Any reason? Some of them didn't work for me & some of them had side-effects too, too strong for me to tolerate, but right now Celexa is doing nicely (along with adrafinil).
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> For me, Celexa has been the best - lowest amount of side-effects (actually none I know of) & a pretty rapid response time. The adrafinil (for you, Provigil) is a wonderful addition to really make everything good. It seems to have over-all brain metabolism boosting power. (Sounds like some detergent commercial.)
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> If there isn't a reason you haven't tried more of the SSRIs, why not?I personally thought they were somewhat of a marketing scam .... the studies are pretty aweful. I didn't mention that my first med was actually Prozac. Because I had panic attackes, my pdoc titrated me up to 20 mg over 6 weeks and at 8 weeks nothing. So, he suggested I go to 40mg or I could try imipramine which my mother with depression/panic had done superbly on. I went with the family history and thus imipramine.
I am reconsidering .... maybe paxil/celexa with augmentation.
What do you think for augmentation desipramine ... provigil .... wellbutrin ... . lithium
Thanks,
Spike
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