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Posted by BusuB on May 14, 2015, at 18:46:55
Hi my pdoc just rx'ed this to me today, 20mg/day. I've had treatment refractory dysthymia for years and ran through the typical AD's. I think my pdoc is grasping at straws. Thoughts?
Posted by TriedEveryMedication on May 14, 2015, at 21:38:03
In reply to Latuda for depression mono-therapy?, posted by BusuB on May 14, 2015, at 18:46:55
seems like grasping.
I have dysthymia and gone through everything (brintellix or moclobemide were the best for me)...
Once my doctor tried abilify on me... grasping... holy crap that drug was awful. Several orders of magnitude worse than any depressive I might have.
One gadfly psychiatrist who blogs was claiming antipsychotics are being pushed for everything these days and the market is stuffed full of them.
Posted by Phillipa on May 15, 2015, at 11:52:03
In reply to Re: Latuda for depression mono-therapy?, posted by TriedEveryMedication on May 14, 2015, at 21:38:03
Had to reply to you as what you wrote is true. As how else would the pharmacy companies make money if things are not expensive as I hear they are. P
Posted by herpills on May 15, 2015, at 14:59:21
In reply to Latuda for depression mono-therapy?, posted by BusuB on May 14, 2015, at 18:46:55
Well, it is approved for bipolar depression, not sure if that's what you're dealing with. I tried it once, made me super anxious, kinda reminded me of the same feeling whenever I would start an ssri. I didn't like it and never really took it long enough to see if it would help. This was before I was finally given Remeron which works much better for me.
Posted by b2chica on June 4, 2015, at 1:58:04
In reply to Latuda for depression mono-therapy?, posted by BusuB on May 14, 2015, at 18:46:55
i'm on it now. just went up to 60mg last week. i do not think it is an AD, i believe it is used Specifically for mood stabilizer.
i feel my mood smoother. but i'm still steadily going down hill. not doing anything for my depression. also i'm starting to get my suicidal/intrusive thoughts back...
no, latuda seems a little useless for me.
(TRD/BP/PTSD/Anxiety)b2
Posted by SLS on June 4, 2015, at 6:43:39
In reply to Re: Latuda for depression mono-therapy?, posted by b2chica on June 4, 2015, at 1:58:04
> i'm on it now. just went up to 60mg last week. i do not think it is an AD, i believe it is used Specifically for mood stabilizer.
>
> i feel my mood smoother. but i'm still steadily going down hill. not doing anything for my depression. also i'm starting to get my suicidal/intrusive thoughts back...
> no, latuda seems a little useless for me.
> (TRD/BP/PTSD/Anxiety)
>
> b2There is some overlap in our conditions. Is your anxiety mostly social? Mine is much more pronounced in social situations. I am using MAOI and prazosin to address the TRD and developmental PTSD respectively. My full regime consists of the following:
Parnate 120 mg/day
nortriptyline 100 mg/day
Lamictal 300 mg/day
lithium 300 mg/day
Abilify 10 mg/dsy
prazosin 30 mg/dayDespite taking all of these drugs, my depression is only partially improved, but I'll take what I can get. I am now looking at CNS stimulation treatments (rTMS, DBS, VNS, etc.).
- Scott
Posted by b2chica on June 10, 2015, at 23:08:43
In reply to Re: Latuda for depression mono-therapy? » b2chica, posted by SLS on June 4, 2015, at 6:43:39
i am interested in how the rTMS works for you Scott, let me know if you can.
thanks
Posted by phidippus on June 11, 2015, at 0:45:02
In reply to Re: Latuda for depression mono-therapy?, posted by b2chica on June 4, 2015, at 1:58:04
How are your highs? Any long periods of freefloating anxiety?
Eric
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