Posted by Jedi on September 21, 2005, at 3:01:19
In reply to Nardil Augmentation? (again), posted by tecknohed on September 15, 2005, at 22:51:14
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> Basically I feel unmotivated. And still a bit over shy (I have SP). I'm hoping that with time it'll do its thing PROPERLY.
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Hey technohed,
I add 1mg of clonazepam to 90mg of Nardil and this seems to help with the social anxiety. I would like to try taking the clonazepam up to 3mg and lower the Nardil to 60mg. This would be an attempt to lessen the sexual and weight gain side effects of Nardil without adding more meds. There is some newer research on using clonazepam augmentation for treatment resistant depression.
Take care,
JediNihon Shinkei Seishin Yakurigaku Zasshi. 2004 Apr;24(2):75-8.
[Clonazepam as a therapeutic adjunct to improve the management of depression]
Morishita S.
Depression Prevent Medical Center, Jujo Hospital, 32 Hattandacho, Kishoin, Minami-ku, Kyoto, 601-8325 Japan.
Clonazepam, which is a benzodiazepine structurally related to chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride, diazepam and nitrazepam, has been available for the treatment of seizure disorders in the USA since 1976 and in Japan since 1981. Increasingly, clonazepam has been used in the treatment of a variety of psychiatric disorders. The effect of clonazepam on depression was first reported by Jones and Chouinard in 1985. Since their report, many investigators have reported on the antidepressive properties of clonazepam. A daily dose of at least 3.0 mg clonazepam in augmentation of ongoing antidepressant treatment should be considered in depression. Regarding clonazepam augmentation therapy, if a patient does not show improvement by the end of four weeks, the treatment regimen should be altered. Age at onset of the first depressive episode and a history of family psychiatric illness should be considered the predictor of prognosis. The author discusses specific guidelines for the use of clonazepam in depression.
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