Posted by sweetmarie on April 5, 2001, at 7:58:07
In reply to Re: Dysthymia/Treatment Resistant Depressions, posted by Nick on April 10, 1999, at 13:27:22
> > In November of last year a miracle happened which was the augmentation of Prozac with Naltrexone..... However, nobody has been able to give me a hint as to why this combination should work. Can anyone speculate about this? Wayne
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> OK big guess coming up! There is cross - talk between Opiate systems and Noradrenergic systems - it MAY be (wild guess) that naltrexone operating through the opiate system somehow activates noradrenergic transmission, lifting mood. There you are, speculation!I suffer from treatment resistant Dysthymia, with an added major severe episode on top (`double depression`).
I recently saw a specialist in `difficult to treat depression`, who is starting me on a new med combination:
Venlafaxine (Efexor)/Mirtazapine (Zispin/Remeron)/Lamotragine (Lamictal)
Has anyone been on this combo (or has heard of it)?
With what results?
Cheers,
Anna
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