Posted by chloe on February 25, 2002, at 10:03:01
In reply to Polypharmary is hip!, posted by spike4848 on February 24, 2002, at 20:19:33
> This is the trend in psychiatry .... use 2,3,4,5 meds at low to medium doses. This reduces side effects and controls the disease better.
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> Hope this helped.
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> Spike, (M.D.)
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> PS I use to take high dose nardil and had aweful side effects and had to stop. Now I am on zoloft/neurontin/klonopin and will add selegine soon.Spike,
I am glad to hear that an MD thinks lots of meds and lowish doses is ok, and even hip!
So far, it has been very beneficial, and I have been the quite compliant, which can be hard for me.For example, I really like Li, but at therapuetic doses I get terrible skin problems, dryness, pain. I physically become so miserable, that the emotional benefits of the med get tossed out the window, and I go off the med. Then the side effects clear up, but my life goes back into raging caos and pain.
So, I guess my pdoc isn't as crazy as I might think adding a little here, little there...And my side effect profile, really is minimal. Hence, compliance.
Can I ask how you are taking your neurontin? TID or BID? How does it benefit you? I find it's best for "calming" or smoothing rough edges. But for me it's not so good as a stabilizer on it's own. But with Li or depakote, it's very useful, imo.
Neurontin is one med I wouldn't mind cutting out since I have Li and depakote on board. But everytime I try to go off it, I really crash into an anergic depression. I also get some miserable joint pain. So I guess it's a keeper!Best of luck creating a cocktail that really works well for you. So glad you are exploring other options than high dose Nardil and it's debilitating side effects.
Chloe
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