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Re: treatment resistant depression » sweetmarie

Posted by JahL on March 11, 2001, at 15:42:48

In reply to Re: treatment resistant depression » JahL, posted by sweetmarie on March 11, 2001, at 15:05:20

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> > I spoke to my sister (a psych nurse), who basically said that I should do whatever feels O.K. for me within the framework given to me by my consultant and the professor. She suggested that I say on 100 mg for another week, and instead of going right up to 200 mg, go up to 150 mg for a couple of weeks.

How about staying on 100mg til you see the prof? 50mg (to 150mg) is still quite a big leap, which is in effect doubled whilst you remain on VPA.

> > Then 200 mg. By that point, I should be going to go into hospital (I was given a waiting time of 5/6 weeks on Monday, which is now 4/5 weeks, which should tie in with this arrangement. As for the Valproate; I`m not entirely sure. My consultant has told me to decrease from 1000 mg to nothing in weekly 200 mg intervals. In the light of the new arrangement I`ve made with the Lamotragine, I think I`ll slow this down (maybe 200 mg decrease over a week and a half instead of a week).

Unless Valproate is significantly helping you, it makes sense to decrease it *more quickly* since the sooner it is out of your system, the sooner Lamotrigine blood levels will drop to within safer limits.

Good luck,
J.


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