Posted by Maxime on January 10, 2004, at 21:30:45
In reply to Re: I Need Suggestions }} Maxime, posted by Tom G on January 10, 2004, at 20:58:24
Yes, you are BP for sure if SSRIs did that to you.
The Parnate works well for me on several levels. It's the best anti-depressant I have been on. My pdoc chose Parnate over Nardil because of my apathy and because I was "slow". When my depression gets bad I become almost catatonic. So since Nardil is sedating, he didn't want me to be on it. Also, if I feel a manic/hypomanic episode coming on I can decrease the Parnate and it will stop me from going into full blown psychotic mania. I only just tried this out in the past 4 months. And if I become too depressed I can increase the Parnate for a few weeks and get myself out of it. Basically I like the fact hta I can play with the dosage and get an immediate response.
I take clonazapam for anxiety/sleep plus thorazine for sleep/mood stabilization. Plus trileptal for mood stabilisation.I'm allergic to depakote and I was always toxic on lithium no matter what dose I was on.
I think you should try the lithium again since you had a good response to it already.
Maxime
> Thanks for the reply
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> The Prozac at 80 mgs did nothing but make me tired and increased anxiety. About a year and a half earlier before this I had tried Prozac 20 mgs. This was the first drug that I tried and it sent me into a three month hypomanic episode. Later trials of ssri's including Prozac did not cause hypomanic episodes, but instead increased the intensity of my symptoms.
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> How is the Parnate? Does it work for you? I've been thinking about giving it a try and I truly don't know if I gave Nardil long enough or had an optimum dose according to this Ace guy. Does it improve apathy and give one a more positive attitude. It seems to me that with most people it helps mainly with motivation and energy. My last doctor was hesitant to use it because of my anxiety.
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> I've been thinking about trying the Li again with the addition of Neurontin
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> Good Luck!
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