Posted by Cindy W on August 31, 2000, at 9:39:50
In reply to Re: Polypharmacy, posted by ash on August 31, 2000, at 0:52:56
> > Has anything ever worked even just a little ? Any side effects
> > worth mentioning ? Have you tried MAOI's or Lith ? Stims other than
> > Ritalin ? Effexor ? Any Signicicant trama in your chilldhood ?
> >
> > James
>
>
> James,
>
> Here are the answers to your questions:
>
> 1. As far as the depression goes, I would have to say that probably nothing has worked. Fatigue or energy wise, perhaps the best I can say is that maybe the Ritalin helped 10-20%.
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> Ritalin is the only psychostimulant I have tried. By the way, it was no problem for me to have a nap after taking my midday 10mg dose of Ritalin.
>
> 2. Side effects have been mostly transient. By far the most common are increased sedation and even more fatigue. To a lesser extent, many medications cause me to have an overactive bladder so that I may be getting up every hour at night to rush to the bathroom (lithium was among the worst in this regard).
>
> 3 Some years back tried Parnate and Nardil, even in combination with TCA's.
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> 4. Have also tried 300 mg Effexor, along with Serzone 450 mg, and Buspar ( another polypharmacy regimen I was on).
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> 5. No childhood traumas or the like. I would consider my childhood as quite happy.
>
> Thanks for your interest, James
Ash, when you took 300 mg Effexor and 450 mg of Serzone, how did that work? I've been trying to get my pdoc to combine the two, since those two seem to help me the most. Currently, I take 375 mg/day of Effexor-XR and 50 mg/night of Serzone. Thanks!--Cindy W
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