Posted by Catling on June 9, 2014, at 18:07:40
In reply to Re: anti-anxiety meds to try with parnate?, posted by Beckett on June 9, 2014, at 14:25:46
> Have you tried lithium for suicidal ideation? A subtherapithic dose helps me. Even 300 mg. For panic and out of control anxiety, can you suss out a sliding scale doctor? (I know it's probably difficult to impossible.) My doctor would write a scrip with like five refills. But then, he would want to see me at least every eight weeks, which would be very expensive at regular rates. Maybe your old doctor would call in or write a referral/recommendation that you should continue with your present anti anxiety meds.
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Hi Beckett, thanks for the response. I have not tried adding in lithium. At first glance it seems like there are a lot of potential side effects and a need for good medical monitoring, which is problematic for me at best. But I wasn't aware that it had been tested with parnate, so thanks for the heads up on that and I will certainly explore that option should it come to that. The suicidal ideation is mostly controlled by the parnate for me except when there are exacerbating circumstances and/or the anxiety gets out of control and then kicks my depression into high gear.
Thanks again,
Cat
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