Posted by stargazer on November 1, 2006, at 15:00:01
In reply to Re: SEROQUEL...monotherapy for Depression? » stargazer, posted by yxibow on November 1, 2006, at 13:44:05
Phillipa/Jay,
Have tried most of the other AD's inc MAO's. My only experience with TCA's was in the mid 80's pre-Prozac (dating myself) and had severe anticholinergic SE's, dry mouth, dilated pupils, making me look like a drug addict.
My current pdoc has not ever suggested a trial w TCA's even though he was not the Rx'ing MD back then. Not sure if they would be worth a try but perhaps I should mention to him.
His plan for now is...see what seroquel does...told me to increase it every day as long as I am not having SE's that prevent this. Since I am also on Cymbalta, not sure if he will just keep me on this anyway. He also wants me to try Ensam next (w 2 week washout) if I do not respond to the seroquel trial.
My best response was to Nardil and Marplan but I did not respond to repeat trials with these. Just finished a trial w Marplan, at my insistence, with minimal results. I'm not sure how closely the newer release of Marplan was similar to it's original chemical composition.
Today on day 2 of seroquel 25mg I feel pretty good, I actually was able to do some minor projects around the house, whereas last week I was in and out of bed most days with no motivation to do anything, even eat.
SG
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