Posted by Quintal on December 10, 2006, at 19:50:33
In reply to Re: Tricyclics » Quintal, posted by yesac on December 10, 2006, at 17:15:34
>Okay, I'll keep that in mind too. I've always liked the *idea* of Lamictal, always wished that it would work for me. It didn't cause any side effects. Sometimes I've wondered if maybe I didn't push the dose up high enough. I think I got up to 150mgs, but I've read about people going quite a bit higher than that.
I was taking 200mg most of the time. I've been as high as 300mg and it made me very irritable and agitated. The 200mg dose also did this to me when I came off benzos. The effect of combining Lamictal with an AD may still be greater than either combined. Lithium is also an augmenter and I note you're already taking that. I'm not sure which has the greatest effect - a game of trial and error as ever I guess.
>I guess I just don't understand it and I wonder about why my psychiatrist has never mentioned it... although he did mention the Effexor plus Remeron idea last week.
Not all pdocs are aware of it, and of those that are not all use it for reasons known to themselves - my last pdoc was one of them. Encouraging to hear the pdoc speak of the Californian Rocket Fuel though. Sounds like it's worth a good try, especially with Lamictal if possible. The effects can be cumulative, and when used in a cocktail some ADs and mood stabilizers increase/decrease the sensitivity of certain receptors the other drug works on, thereby amplifying the effect of both drugs and possibly negating some unwanted effects.
>I'm just lost and confused because, like I've said, I've tried *most* antidepressants (and other types of drugs as well) by themselves. And I'm getting down to the wire, just trying to figure out what to do at this point. Trying to decide if I should try going back on things that I've already been on in the past and combining them with other things, or what. It's all so damn complicated. I just wish that I could get on something and stay on it and have it work and not have god-awful side effects. I've been going through this drug merry-go-round for years and I'm really sick and tired of it.
Same here and that's why I'm no longer pinning all my hopes on a pharmacological solution to my problems. I have other plans that interest me more right now, but I'm still keeping an eye on the meds scene in case I happen to need some chemical support in the future.
>They help a tiny bit, but I'm dying to get off of Seroquel because it makes me sleep 10-12 hours a night. I tried to switch it with Geodon and now Abilify, but I can't tolerate either.
Same here with Abilify - it gave me wicked akathisia too. Seroquel made me sleep the clock round when I was taking it with klonopin, but now it just seems to suffocate me with sedation and hardly helps sleep at all.
Good luck.
Q
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