Posted by yesac on December 11, 2006, at 13:00:50
In reply to Re: Tricyclics » yesac, posted by Quintal on December 10, 2006, at 19:50:33
> 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 wonder about combining lithium with Lamictal and maybe also with an AD. I don't really plan on going off lithium. In fact, I wish I could take more. I only take 600mgs, which helps a little bit, especially with agitation, not depression so much. But 600mgs is about all I can handle. I tried taking 900mgs for a few days and I got really spaced out and cognitively messed up. Sometimes I think about trying to take 750mgs, as a desperate attempt at maximizing the positive effects.
> 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.Why Effexor plus Remeron though? I mean what about other combos? Like say, Wellbutrin plus Zoloft plus Lamictal or something? There are tons of possible combinations. I guess that's a good thing, but also a bit overwhelming.
> 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.
I'm curious-- what are your "other plans"? I too have started to try to come to terms with the fact that drugs might just not do it for me, and maybe I need to look more into alternative possibilities, not only for depression but also for ADD (drugs haven't helped me with that either).
I've been trying to meditation for the past couple of months, just a few minutes here and there, and also reading books and listening to tapes about meditation. It's supposed to be good for so many things, but so far I don't really notice any positive changes. Exercise is also supposed to help with many problems, but it's hard to exercise when you have no energy and feel exhausted most of the time, either from drugs or from depression or both. I've been in therapy for years and been in DBT for over a year. Neither of those seems to help me dramatically though-- just a little bit.
> 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.
It's too bad because Seroquel is probably one of the best drugs I've taken. If only I could take like 1000 or 1200mgs. But I've been trying to get off it for the past 7 or 8 months because I just can't deal with the excessive sleeping anymore. Unfortunately, I haven't had any luck getting off it, and now I'm so depressed all the time that I find myself wanting to sleep a lot. In fact, it's the only thing I want to do. So there's this irony with the excessive sleeping situation.
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