Posted by Ritch on November 30, 2004, at 13:35:27
In reply to Re: Straterra for Depression » Ritch, posted by Mr.Scott on November 30, 2004, at 12:59:08
> Hey Mitch,
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> What's your current cocktail if I may inquire?
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> I'm on:
> 25mg Zoloft, 25mg Lamictal, .5mg clonazepam, 200mg-400mg caffeine and I just started strattera. Occassionally if depression is too lethargic I'll take a provigil as a kick in the pants. However after a few days or weeks stimulants make me more anxious and irritable.
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> It would be so cool if I could tolerate enough ssri or lamictal to get the benefits out of it I need.
>
> ScottScott, I'm on Fish Oil 2-3G, Depakote 250-375mg, .5-.75mg clonazepam, WB 12.5mg or Stratterra 5mg + Cymbalta .5mg or Celexa .4mg. The "or" has to do with experimenting with an AD combo that doesn't make my acid reflux so bad I french-fry my esophagous. SRI's just toast my GI tract, but help with anxiety (at low doses only). The lowdose Strat+Celexa works better for my head (depression/anxiety), but the WB and Cymbalta come fairly close without aggravating IBS symptoms. Even the Strat bugs my stomach. As far as taking enough SSRI goes... I've reached a point where only the tiniest dose to reduce anxiety is tolerable. I don't even attempt to use them as an AD anymore. Any more than a little sets off rapid-cycling, sleep disruption, even some EPS symptoms. It sounds like you are doing fairly well on your combo-hope the Strat works out. I'm super med sensitive to everything and the range on the Strat for me was 5mg-10mg. Higher doses make my stomach too wrenched, lower than 5mg doesn't do anything.--- Mitch
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