Posted by Lou Pilder on May 17, 2012, at 22:38:40
In reply to CAN ANYONE PLS HELP ME WITH MY MEDS?????, posted by Roslynn on May 17, 2012, at 15:50:29
> Looking for any suggestions here...so frustrated.
> My diagnosis is MDD with some possible soft bipolar components.
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> I am taking the following:
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> Anafranil (clomipramine) 50mg
> Seroquel 100mg at night
> Ativan 2-3 mg prn
> lithium ER 450 mg
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> 1. I've tried a lot of different meds and the anafranil is the only one that gave me any help. BUT, whenever I try to increase it to the therapeutic range (or even up to 100) I get dizzy. Yet if I reduce it below 50 I feel worse.
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> 2. Lithium I am stuck at 450mg, I can't tolerate more, and if I try to reduce it I get hypomanic symptoms.
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> 3. Seroquel was originally prescribed to me short-term for panic, however, I've not been able to get off it without the panic returning. I take 100mg an night which puts me to sleep.
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> My pdoc right now is either trying to substitute a different med for anafranil ( he tried with Viibryd most recently and that was a disaster) or he tries to augment my meds which doesn't work because I get too many side effects from all the meds interacting.
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> Does anyone have any thoughts on this pleease?
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> Thank you so much.
> Roslynn
>Roslynn
You wrote,[...Can anyone...Does anyone...?
I see that the drugs that you are taking together could cause death. There are CNS depressants taken together, drugs together that could cause heart attack, drugs taken together that could cause a toxic reaction and induce psychotic symptoms. Also hypothermia.
My position here is that if you want to continue the taking of all those drugs together, there is the potential of them killing you. So if I was you, I would ask the prescriber of those drugs, if there is one, that wants you to take them together, to make an immediate plan for you to elimninate the potential of death by somehow modifying the regimine of drugs, if that can be done safely.
I would also question the prescriber's rationale for having you take these drugs in combination. If death is a potential outcome from taking the combination, what benifit outweighs that risk?
Lou
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