Posted by Emily Elizabeth on August 24, 2008, at 16:42:56
In reply to Re: Atypical antipsychotics for anxiety » Emily Elizabeth, posted by PC_Load_Letter on August 24, 2008, at 13:06:45
I would say my depression is closer to the atypical type. I don't have any bipolarity going on.
As for my combo, the lexapro is there just because i think my pdoc thought that i need to be on an anitdepressant. Whatever. I don't know that it does much. The lithium was added to augment the lexapro and it helped. I'd say that it brought me to 50% remission. It also helped with suicidal feelings. So, we didn't want to dump it b/c it clearly was doing something, although not enough. We added the Abilify because the other meds weren't doing enough. And voila! It all came together and I have a combo that works for me.
Hope this answers your questions. Let me know if you have more!
Best,
EE
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