Posted by Quintal on December 11, 2006, at 18:43:27
In reply to Re: Tricyclics » Quintal, posted by yesac on December 11, 2006, at 13:08:08
>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.
No reason that I know of not to combine Wellbutrin and Zoloft if you wish. Effexor and Remeron are just a more trendy combo I guess. The effects of Remeron on serotonin are quite mysterious and haven't been fully explained yet - maybe that's why pdocs are more eager to experiment with it?
>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'm planning to go to Peru (or perhaps elsewhere) to take Ayahuasca. I'm very interested in it right now and I'm likely to get a lot out of the experience in my current frame of mind. This influences the medication I could take because the brew contains an MAOI.
>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.
Isn't DBT mainly used for Borderline Personality Disorder? May I ask your diagnosis?
>Oh yeah... I've also been thinking lately about using Cytomel as an augmenter. But before doing that I guess I need to get on some antidepressant. Although, I've found myself wondering about its use alone, as in NOT augmenting an AD. You don't really hear anything about people using it by itself for depression, or in combination with other drugs that are not classified as antidepressants.
I have no experience with Cytomel but I did use Synthroid once to augment an AD without my pdoc's knowledge. I think it may have damaged my thyroid as the last test came back as being low, where it had always been normal before.
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