Posted by Peter S on August 5, 2001, at 21:18:38
In reply to Re: Mirapex Chris » Peter S, posted by ChrisK on August 5, 2001, at 3:49:11
Chris,
Thanks for all the info! I may take your suggestion and up the Prozac.
Peter
> Peter,
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> I take 3-4mg of Mirapex/day, 80 mg/day of Geodon and 100 mg/day of Nortriptyline. I am a big person (approx 250 lbs) so my doses tend to run on the high side plus I seem to be fairly med resistant. I rarely get side effects from the meds I have tried and only had withdrawl problems from Xanax.
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> My depression was helped by the Nortriptyline so I have remained on that as my main AD. IT still didn't help with the suicidal thoughts so I started on Zyprexa (after a few failed trials with things like Remeron and Risperdal). The Z helped clear up my thinking but I still had the anhedonia/apathy problem. After quite a few trials I stumbled on Mirapex which has been great. I'm almost back to what I would call normal. I still have lost interest in some things but they are coming back into my life.
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> As far as the switch from Zyprexa to Geodon I'm not 100% sure why but both my pdoc andI thought that it would be a good match for my type of depression. I had no problem with the switch and haven't noticed a big difference betweeen the two. I think some of the change had to do with the weight gain and the possibility of TD with long term Zyprexa use. Either way it has worked out.
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> If you don't feel that you are getting the full effects of your Prozac I would suggest upping your dose a little. It seems to be helping somewhat and dose changes are easier to manage than changing your meds all together.
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> Hope this helps a little,
> Chris
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