Posted by Larry Hoover on May 28, 2003, at 8:08:18
In reply to Need med advice: Depression, OCD, GAD, ADD, posted by babs on May 27, 2003, at 18:06:17
> I am currently on 60 mg Celexa, 2mg risperdal, 20 mg adderall once a day and ativan as needed. It was a good combo until recently when my obsessions started kicked up again pretty seriously. The risperdal worked well for my OCD (tried Prozac, didn't help, and Celexa does nothing for them)but it seems to be pooping out. I wanted another solution anyway because I've gained 60 pounds from it and I never needed an ADD med bfore I went on it. So here are my options:
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> 1. Try another SSRI (like I said, Prozac and Celexa did nothing for the OCD, made me more anxious and Lexapro made me sick as a dog).
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> 2. Try Abilify. Scared to do this though as I had a really bad experience trying to switch to geodon a few months back. A psychopharm recommended this as my next step. Said it may help with both weight gain and ADD.
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> 3. Get off risperdal and try klonopin or buspar. Problem is ativan relaxes me physically but does not reduce the obsessions. Don't know if this would be true for any benzo or anti-anxiety med.
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> I see my pdoc Friday to discuss options but I wanted some feedback from all you intelligent people. My gut says try tyhe Abilify but I'm so afraid that the same thing will happen that happened on Geodon (I became incredibly anxious, had suicidal ideations, it was horrible). Thanks guys.Gad, I hope I don't sound like a broken record, but what supplements are you taking? There are a number that might help.
Lar
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