Posted by yesac on December 10, 2006, at 12:24:21
In reply to Re: Tricyclics » yesac, posted by Quintal on December 9, 2006, at 14:16:50
> Nardil, EMSAM and a few of the more obscure TCAs are the only ADs I haven't tried either.
I haven't tried Nardil either. Mainly because I had such a bad response to Parnate (it made me more depressed and very flat and dull). I don't know how similar they are. But I'm not excited about the diet so I guess I'd rather try other things first.
> Zoloft was much like the others when I tried it once. I couldn't handle the diarrhea and vomiting though. It was the worst SSRI for me with those side effects.Of the SSRIs, Celexa and Paxil basically did nothing. I mean I didn't even have any side effects. It was like I wasn't taking them at all. Prozac made me very agitated, homicidal, and revved up.
> I agree, but if you're treatment resistant it sounds like a good idea to think about combining Lamictal with the most effective AD you tried.
Hmmm... most effective AD.... ?? I'm honestly not sure that there is one that was effective at all. Maybe Cymbalta. Maybe EMSAM. But neither did enough that I felt like I actually felt much better. But I'm curious... why do you suggest combining an ineffective AD with Lamictal, which was also ineffective for me?
I'm a bit puzzled by this whole drug combination/augmentation concept. I mean, I understand it if a drug is helping a little bit, or if there are some side effects that another drug might counteract, or if there are some symptoms that don't improve on just the one drug. But is it really possible that taking two drugs that didn't work in the first place and putting them together could be effective?
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