Posted by Ritch on February 12, 2002, at 10:02:43
In reply to something just dawned on me..., posted by e503 on February 11, 2002, at 22:38:28
> I just realized that we just started to give Ben all the zoloft (75 mg.) at night about 5 weeks ago. We used to give him 50 mg. in the am and 25 at night. About a week later is when all the trouble began. I never thought for a second that giving him the zoloft all at night would make any difference, but considering how much better he has been since we split the dose again starting yesterday (25 mg. and 25 mg.)I guess I was wrong. And maybe that is why he is doing more self-stimming....cuz the decrease in zoloft actually decreased the risperdol? What are your thoughts about my theory?
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> eliseHi Elise, This is a weird twist about blood levels I just thought of.... It is entirely possible that the increased Zoloft is increasing his *Tegretol* blood levels. When I took Zoloft and Nortriptyline (a tricyclic antidepressant)-the Zoloft did increase the nortriptyline blood levels (carbamazepine is a "tricyclic" that potentially could do the same thing). That would point to a need for mood stabilizer rather than Risperdal or Zoloft. That would be an important thing to know. Definitely bring all of the "thinking out loud" in all the posts here to his pdoc. This is getting pretty complicated and he/she needs all of the information possible.
Mitch
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