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Posted by cee on September 2, 2010, at 15:59:18
hello there fine people
tried cipralex but i could not tolerate the side effects i am one of those people that ssri donnot go well in my body.I am currently on 750 mg of seroquel which has taken care of my dep but left me with anxiety. so my pdoc wants toput me on low dose of lithium so that i can cut back on the seroquel due to heavy sedation in the morning. any one else have any suggestions it would be much apreciated
as always keep on truckin
cee
Posted by ed_uk2010 on September 2, 2010, at 16:53:20
In reply to lithium low dose, posted by cee on September 2, 2010, at 15:59:18
I can see that you might want to reduce the Seroquel dose, it's certainly a high dose at the moment. Do you think you could get down to somewhere in the range 300-450mg?
What sort of anxiety do you have? Lithium isn't normally used to treat anxiety - unless the anxiety in question is occuring in combination with clear manic or hypomanic symptoms.
Posted by Phillipa on September 2, 2010, at 21:28:43
In reply to Re: lithium low dose, posted by ed_uk2010 on September 2, 2010, at 16:53:20
Hi Cee I'm in complete agreement with Ed. I was going to write the same. Phillipa
Posted by cee on September 3, 2010, at 13:32:31
In reply to Re: lithium low dose, posted by ed_uk2010 on September 2, 2010, at 16:53:20
> I can see that you might want to reduce the Seroquel dose, it's certainly a high dose at the moment. Do you think you could get down to somewhere in the range 300-450mg?
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> What sort of anxiety do you have? Lithium isn't normally used to treat anxiety - unless the anxiety in question is occuring in combination with clear manic or hypomanic symptoms.Thank you so much for your questions i will try and answer them. when we were trying different meds to deal with my dep and anxiety we found out that ssri or snri agitated my mood and anxiety.My pdoc put me on a low dose of seroquel to help with sleep and anxiety and dep .to my surprise the more seroquel that we added the better things got.The only trouble is the early morning sedation which is screwing up my job. Iguess the pdoc is thinking that the lithium will alow me to dose down the seroquel . sorry if i do not make a lot of sence but i am trying
thanks for listening
hope to us all
cee
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