Posted by KarenB on April 23, 2001, at 11:43:40
In reply to Does anyone take Seroquel for depression?, posted by SalArmy4me on April 15, 2001, at 22:51:13
> I would like to know what you and your psychiatrists think about the effectiveness of Seroquel to augment ADs. Thank you....
Dear War Cry Buddy,
I'm in another branch of the service but we're on the same mission. My family links to your organization run DEEP and wide;).
I'm sorry it took so long to get to you on this but: The mood disorder specialist I saw, Dr. Steven Dubovsky, suggested that Seroquel may be a possible adjunctive therapy. It was to be added on to one, or two mood stabilizers, to replace the Adderall I was on for depression/concentration issues AND Klonopin for anxiety. Now that my moods are almost completely stabilized, the concentration issue is not a real issue (neither is sleep phase delay). Mania/anxiety is at a minimum so I am slowly tapering off an already low dose of Xanax, which I have been taking on an as-needed basis.
I think you may know, I ended up on Trileptal, Lamictal and Geodon. Seroquel, when I tried it, made me a little sleepy and that was it - no other response - but I am treatment resistant (as so many others here).
Consider Geodon. It has worked very well for me without the side effects others have written about.
Removing sugar, white flour and yeast (see Candida thread) from my diet has proven to be a very good thing as well. The removal of sugar has been the most difficult. In one form or another, it is in almost EVERYTHING!! I'm going into week two on Tues. and I've adhered strictly.
Karen
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