Posted by g_g_g_unit on November 18, 2012, at 21:40:02
So kind of at the end-of-my-rope .. barely getting by, financially or emotionally, and tired of treatment, but I'm open to suggestions since I guess I don't have much to lose at this point ..
DX: Severe OCD, inattentive ADD, atypical depression
Tried:
- every SSRI (help physical symptoms of depression, but don't 'brighten' mood; do little for OCD or anxiety/hypervigilance and mess up sleep)
- Zyprexa (increased anxiety)
- Mirtazapine (worsened OCD)
- clomipramine (too stimulating, akathisia)
- nortriptyline (too activating .. was prescribed for sleep)
- Strattera (too anxiogenic)
- Dexedrine (reduces panic, but unreliable .. either makes me sleepy or agitated)
- Ritalin (too agitating)
- Memantine (on now .. too agitating, even at 2.5mg)
- Neurontin (helped sleep and hypervigilance, but caused apathy and brain fog)
- Nardil (couldn't sleep on 90mg, gave up after 12 weeks)
- Parnate (good for depression, but didn't help anxiety and caused agitation)
- clonazepam (taking now .. just 0.25mg .. doesn't do much, though seemed to synergize nicely with Dexedrine when I took the two together ..)
- Xanax (didn't help at dose pdoc prescribed .. I think it was 0.25mg 3x a day)Beta-lactam antiobiotics were suggested by someone on another forum, though I couldn't get my GP to agree ..
Haven't tried: Effexor, Cymbalta, Abilify, Lamictal, Lithium ..
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