Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 1059556

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atypicals/ocd

Posted by joe f on January 26, 2014, at 11:55:51

can atypicals make ocd worse and how so

Re: atypicals/ocd

Posted by Christ_empowered on January 26, 2014, at 12:56:20

In reply to atypicals/ocd, posted by joe f on January 26, 2014, at 11:55:51

I've heard of it happening with some of them. No idea why, actually.

Diagnosis isn't based on a brain scan or anything, so its still kind of guesswork when it comes to medicatin'.

Some people with OCD benefit from a low(ish) dose atypical. Others go in the opposite direction and take a stimulant.

Re: atypicals/ocd » Christ_empowered

Posted by Phillipa on January 26, 2014, at 17:10:27

In reply to Re: atypicals/ocd, posted by Christ_empowered on January 26, 2014, at 12:56:20

A stimulant with OCD how could that help if OCD is considered an anxiety disorder? Phillipa

Re: atypicals/ocd

Posted by Christ_empowered on January 27, 2014, at 3:23:54

In reply to Re: atypicals/ocd » Christ_empowered, posted by Phillipa on January 26, 2014, at 17:10:27

I don't have an MD, so I don't know what the deal with Dexedrine for OCD is, but...it happens. When I've read of stimulants being used, they're usually in combo with other meds (maybe an atypical?).

Truth is, day-to-day treatment in psychiatry seems to rely on a lot of non-medical, non-scientific factors. I'm not necessarily complaining just...wow. I wish the field could make a little more progress, especially with more severe mental illness.

Re: atypicals/ocd » joe f

Posted by phidippus on January 27, 2014, at 19:42:32

In reply to atypicals/ocd, posted by joe f on January 26, 2014, at 11:55:51

Atypicals can make OCD worse by antagonizing seratonin receptors.

With an AD, atypicals may treat OCD by lessening dopamine in the nucleus accumbens.

Eric

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