Posted by yesac on June 6, 2005, at 14:26:20
In reply to Re: Ascendin SLS, MedEmpowered, posted by SLS on June 6, 2005, at 5:13:31
No I haven't tried perpenazine. What's the brand name on that?
I haven't really tried too many older drugs except parnate, lithium of course, desipramine. I haven't tried any older antipsychotics, although there was talk for a while between my psychiatrist and me about trying Haldol. I think that might be just a bit too much for me though, considering that the new APs pretty well knock me out. Maybe a low dose, I don't know.
But I really want something with antidepressant properties. Something that will not make agitation worse, something calming but also antidepressing.
It's just so damn frustrating. I've been doing this for years, and I know some people have been at it a lot longer, but.... well I really have had enough.
Sometimes I think things have really just gotten worse and worse and worse, despite trying all these drugs. I wonder if the drugs themselves have made things worse--- worsened my bipolar symptoms, made me much more exhausted and drained. But it's hard to know if that is because of drugs or if it was just the natural progression of the illness and would have happened anyways.
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