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Re: Can a lightbox cause this? » KaraS

Posted by Sarah T. on March 13, 2005, at 0:00:17

In reply to Re: Can a lightbox cause this? » Sarah T., posted by KaraS on March 12, 2005, at 22:08:45

Hi Kara. If you stop the light box and the Doxepin at the same time, then you're changing two variables at once, and you won't know what's causing what. I just skimmed an article from the October 2002 issue of PSYCHIATRIC TIMES on seasonal affective disorder, SAD. According to the author, Raymond Lam, M.D., patients usually respond to light therapy within a week, but some patients require 2-4 weeks. He also said that some patients with bipolar disorder might switch to mania or hypomania. He cautioned that patients with Bipolar I should be on mood stabilizers if they use light therapy.

If you decide to resume Doxepin, and if, after a few days of being back on Doxepin but being away from light therapy, you find that you are still getting those skipped beats, then perhaps you could get the liquid doxepin and take less than 25 mg. Maybe you could try 22.5 or 20 mg and see whether those symptoms subside.

I hope you feel better tonight.


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