Posted by Schess81 on September 27, 2005, at 21:53:44
In reply to Re: Atypical antipsychotics for TRD? » Schess81, posted by Ilene on September 27, 2005, at 19:40:05
Either way, it sounds like antipsychotics aren't and ideal choice, expecially in the long term. In a perfect world I'd rather go back to a stimulant combo- adderall with paxil worked wonders for about 9 months, but the adderall seemed to poop out on me: now if I take it I get fewer positive effects but I crash when it wears off. (you might be wondering how I ever got a Dr to prescribe a stimulant for depression- and the answer is I didnt: the Dr I saw at that time diagnosed me as ADD also.) Anyway, when the adderall stopped working so well it was actually my decision to go off of it- like I said, I was starting to feel a bad crash when it would wear off- but ever since I weaned off of it I haven't had a full remission of my depression. Well, getting back to whatever I was talking about ..oh yeah, I'd rather add ritalin or provigil to the prozac and remeron I'm taking right now, cause I'm almost sure it would work, but I'm not sure the Dr I have now is going to go for it. Unfortunatly I'd probably have better luck asking about the atypical antipsychotic combo. But maybe I shouldnt be so pessimistic. Or maybe I ought to try lithium like Emily Elizabeth mentioned. I should really add that the only reason I'm writing on this board so much today is because I took some of my old adderall XR at about noon and I'm feeling great. Oh, I love amphetamine and hate it at the same time. Well I'm sure many others on this board understand...
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