Posted by Emily Elizabeth on November 19, 2012, at 21:06:24
In reply to any suggestions?, posted by g_g_g_unit on November 18, 2012, at 21:40:02
The ones you haven't tried are all my favorites: lithium, Abilify, and Lamictal. IDK which would be best for you, but I would like to throw out my experience that when you are on a lot of things at once the interactions between them can really change things. I tried Lamictal several years ago on top of 4 other meds and I thought it was useless. Because of other considerations, I recently returned to Lamictal alone and I am doing great on it.
It is a hard journey. I wish you strength and luck.
Best,
EE> 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 ..
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> DX: Severe OCD, inattentive ADD, atypical depression
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> Tried:
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> - 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)
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> Beta-lactam antiobiotics were suggested by someone on another forum, though I couldn't get my GP to agree ..
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> Haven't tried: Effexor, Cymbalta, Abilify, Lamictal, Lithium ..
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poster:Emily Elizabeth
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