Posted by schleprock on January 4, 2013, at 20:40:55
In reply to Re: A battered Kat is back » ChicagoKat, posted by SLS on January 4, 2013, at 15:17:46
> First, my reactions to what you have just gone through:
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> I'm sorry about the Parnate reaction. It must have been hellish.
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> You are very resilient. Very. It was not at all fair that you should have suffered such ignorance. Perhaps something good will come of it. The psychiatrist may have come close to getting it right for you. It might be in your best interests to try to build a treatment regime around Wellbutrin. Adding an atypical antipsychotic and a mood stabilizer or two might do the trick. I prefer Trileptal to Tegretol, although Tegretol has been studied more. With Tegretol, you must take frequent blood tests to screen for agranulocytosis. Also, Tegretol tends to produce cognitive side effects and sedation. Trileptal, its sister drug, seem to be just as effective as a mood stabilizer and is a cleaner drug. It lacks the risk of angranulocytosis, cognitive impairments, and sedation. It is possible that Tegretol was chosen precisely for its sedative effects. Then again, it might be the only choice appearing in their official "playbook".
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> Wellbutrin + Trileptal + Latuda?
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> Please keep posting.
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> You sure are resilient!
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> - Scott
>SLS, I was wondering what you could tell me about Latuda. This one slipped under the radar for me until about a week ago. I've heard some anecdotal reports that it has a mild side-effect profile for an AA. Would it be useful for depression or anxiety (keeping in mind that I wasn't successful with risperidone.) Any reason why this drug wouldn't have been suggested to me by my Pdoc?
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