Posted by banga on February 15, 2005, at 10:04:35
In reply to Re: desipramine... » banga, posted by ed_uk on February 15, 2005, at 9:48:06
Thanks Ed....my thinking exactly. Lamictal worked in the beginning--well enough that I was thinking "maybe this is all I need...."
But it wore off.
And Abilify is definitely a mixed bag. It keeps ruminations down, but not generalized anxiety really. And I am only on 2 1/2mg. As soon as I go higher, I have this wierd thing happen to my tongue. It doesn't seem to fit between my teeth anymore! and it gets all sore on the sides from interference with my teeth. Gives me scary images of the olden psych ward days, where schizophrenia patients had to walk with a shuffle and deal with tongue protrusion....Also Abilify and desipramine potentiate each other.
Somehow I have never had situations where meds interact in a significant way, now I am hitting the problem left and right!
So yes I completely agree and wish to get rid of both Lamictal and Abilify--that is actually the reason I want to add the luvox as I will be left to the mercy of anxiety from norepinephrine increase.
And you are right, i do go through changes way too quickly. I just am so desperate to get functioning--I have to defend my dissertation in June, or bye-bye degree, 10 years gone to waste forever; and if I can't function I wont be able to do it. I am finally on the right track, but the anxiety is agonizing and I am not doing a good job of tackling avoidance behaviors. Here I am avoiding work and writing here, my anxiety goes through the roof every time i sit down to work.If only Anafranil hadn't pooped out on me.....
And theory? that brain fog from depression, or SSRI long term use, is due to norepineohrine/dopamine depletion...I wonder if some people would benefit from small doses of desipramine, I don't know if it causes less or more anxiety than Wellbutrin.
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