Posted by tygereyes on March 29, 2006, at 21:56:41
In reply to Re: in defense of Wayne R » pseudoname, posted by JahL on March 28, 2006, at 12:30:40
I was prescribed Naltrexone a few months back, when I was considering using heroin again (I was a drug addict and some issues came up in therapy that prompted me to want to start using again). I felt like I needed that safeguard.
And, when I added it to Desipramine (100 mg), Trileptal (600 mg) and Seroquel (50 mg), it provided an extra "boost" that I had never experienced with tricyclics in the past. At the time, I was baffled, so I looked it up, and sure enough, there had been research on it and my reaction - though maybe rare - made more sense.
Please remember, most people on this board are VERY treatment-resistant. Though some of you might have tried Naltrexone and had no effect, you would all be excluded from ANY psychopharm studies based on the sheer amount of different meds you have tried and failed in the past.
However, until we see more studies on this and elucidate the relationship between Naltrexone and depression, I'm not pushing this as an augmentation strategy just yet.
Unfortunately, I don't know how long my effect would have lasted anyway - I had to stop taking it when it caused nocturnal enuresis and worsened my Interstitial Cystitis.
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