Posted by Katz on April 10, 2001, at 8:59:21
In reply to Re: Protriptyline (Vivactil) Anyone?, posted by SalArmy4me on April 9, 2001, at 8:18:27
Thanks! I appreciate your suggestions. I have tried several that you mentioned w/o success. Lamotrigine & Selegiline are two that I plan to try.
Here's some stuff that you may consider:
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> Nefazodone - great for sleep; no sexual dysfunction; no anticholinergics side-effects.
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> Lamotrigine - good side-effect profile; most antidepressant properties
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> Carbamazepine - less side effects than Lithium or divalproex sodium
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> Topiramate - the newest mood-stabilizer; it promotes weight loss
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> Desipramine - the least side-effects of all the Tricyclics; one of the SNRIs
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> High-dose Venlafaxine - at higher doses Venlafaxine affects more chemicals than SSRIs.
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> Buspirone - an effective antidepressant and anxiolytic at high doses.
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> Dopamine Agonists - Pramipexole has two studies on it (I took it for a while).
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> "Power Combinations" - Remeron+Effexor; Wellbutrin+Remeron, Remeron+Prozac
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> Augmentation of anything you have tried before with Lithium, Pindolol, or Buspar (i take pindolol now)
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> Atypical Neuroleptics/Antipsychotics with antidepressant properties: Risperidone, Olanzapine, Seroquel, Zeldox
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> Provigil - a stimulant that is possibly effective
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> Irreversable MAOIs - Phenelzine, Tranylcypromine. Extremely Effective.
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> MAOI-B - Selegiline, an antidepressant almost comparable to Phenelzine.
poster:Katz
thread:59104
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