Posted by Pandora on March 2, 2001, at 22:41:24
In reply to Medications Combinations You May Not Know About, posted by SalArmy4me on March 2, 2001, at 9:12:59
Goodness! How many different meds are you actually taking right now? I realize that poly-drug therapy has advantages, but from reading several of your most recent posts, it sounds as if you're on quite a few.
> Before you give up on medical treatment, there is hope for you in newer medications and newer combinations. I once found relief in a very new drug called Mirapex. Here are some more options that you may not have thought of:
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> Nefazodone - great for sleep; no sexual dysfunction; no anticholinergics side-effects.
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> Lamotrigine - good side-effect profile; most antidepressant properties
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> Carbamazepine - less side effects than Lithium or divalproex sodium
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> Topiramate - the newest mood-stabilizer; it promotes weight loss
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> Desipramine - the least side-effects of all the Tricyclics; one of the SNRIs
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> High-dose Venlafaxine - at higher doses Venlafaxine affects more chemicals than SSRIs.
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> Buspirone - an effective antidepressant and anxiolytic at high doses.
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> Dopamine Agonists - Pramipexole has two studies on it (I take it).
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> "Power Combinations" - Remeron+Effexor; Wellbutrin+Remeron, RemeronProzac
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> Augmentation of anything you have tried before with Lithium, Pindolol, or Buspar (i took pindolol
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> Foreign medications to the US: the RIMA Moclobemide; Reboxetine; Amisulpride, etc
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> Atypical Neuroleptics/Antipsychotics with antidepressant properties: Risperidone, Olanzapine, Seroquel
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> Provigil - a stimulant that is possibly effective
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> Irreversable MAOIs - Phenelzine, Tranylcypromine. Extremely Effective.
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> MAOI-B - Selegiline, an antidepressant almost comparable to Phenelzine.
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> I hope that gives you hope!
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