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Re: how is lithium for depression? » cybercafe

Posted by Ritch on March 6, 2003, at 22:18:19

In reply to Re: how is lithium for depression?, posted by cybercafe on March 6, 2003, at 21:42:41

> > > just wondered how it compared to SSRIs
> > > or perhaps Zyprexa?
> >
> > I was off all meds once and floundering in a really nasty depression (for several weeks) and started 600mg/day and I was in remission within two weeks. I don't know if it would help a unipolar depressive as well. It doesn't zonk you out like an AP can. Doesn't cause startup agitation like an SSRI. I still couldn't do lithium monotherapy and feel relief from depression. It just went from "moderate" to "mild".
> >
>
> thanks for responding
>
> i hear zyprexa works for depression, but doesn't seem to be doing too much for me
> ...i wonder if lithium would do more for the depression, and interfere less with ritalin
>
> i wonder how much 2.5 mg of zyprexa effects ritalin ... doesnt' seem like too much

I would ask your doctor about the idea. It makes good sense to me. Lithium has better antipsychotic properties than the antimanic AED's.


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