Posted by Honore on February 2, 2007, at 20:29:02
In reply to geodon,abilify or parnate? weird doc appt., posted by platinumbride on February 2, 2007, at 19:52:01
Hi, Platinumbride.
Serious, you need a new pdoc. I know it's obvious-- but it *is* what you need. ASAP.
Is it really that snowy all the time where you are? How about a consult in NYC-- if you're in NY State. Even if you're fairly far away, how about a pdoc's used MAOIs for quite a while-- they do exist--
a pdoc who isn't against provigil-- eg, with Nardil-- (what's wrong with that???)-- I don't know your specific reactions, but per se, there' s no problem.
Maybe your pdoc doesn't know enough about MAOIS to give you a reasonable trial-- with appropriate adjunctives.
By the way, Geodon is less likely to cause akathesia-- abilify is the most prone to creating that effect of the atypical APs.
Plus how does he know you'll gain weight on the tricyclics?
My question is: if you haven't tried parnate, Emsam, tricyclics, Geodon; he wouldn't let you use nardil with provigil (or other stimulants, I assume)-- why would you rely on him for a referral for ECT.
You really should exhaust all possiblities before ECT, imo. This is, of course, just my opinion, but ECT should be a treatment of last resort because of the frequency of memory problems, and uncertainty about other effects.
Come to NY-- or go to another city, if you need to, on the train, plane, bus--but unless you really feel that you're ready to take the chance of ECT-- you need to do that much for yourself.
I apologize if I'm being too harsh and insistent-- of course, it's your choice. But I'm concerned about you
Honore
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