Posted by TSA West on February 23, 2002, at 3:21:57
In reply to Adderall: 4 salts, but how are they released?, posted by MB on February 22, 2002, at 18:47:30
Dear friend,
The swingy activity of your moods and the nature of the medications in your regimen (none lasts an entire day), leads me to recommend agents with long half-lives such as:
1. venlafaxine XR - mentioned in the Tips as being very beneficial in those with cyclic disorders (http://www.dr-bob.org/tips/split/Possible-indications-of-bi.html). Venlafaxine might provide needed hypnotic, anxiolytic, or stimulating effect.
2. Mirtazapine or any tricylic antidepressant (most namely, the tolerable(s) desipramine or nortriptyline)
3. An atypical neuroleptic with mood elevating properties (olanzapine).
This way a medication would fill in the gaps where the other medications seem to fail for a few hours.
Wishing you the best that psychiatry has to offer,
-------TSA West: Self-Denial----------------
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