Posted by andys on March 27, 2002, at 10:47:53
In reply to Re: phentermine and Effexor, posted by Fenka on July 20, 2001, at 0:53:54
I am EXTREMELY treatment resistant Ultradian Bipolar II, and had a PROFOUND response to phentermine!! Within 2 days, I was completely stable (it acted like a mood stabilizer, in that it controlled depression and hypomania anxiety). And paradoxically, it worked only at very high dose (which, paradoxically, didn't make me anxious at all). That was three years ago, and have been searching ever since as to the action (5HT2, dopamine, etc.), that made this work. (I couldn't stay on the phentermine, due to increased blood pressure, and insomnia after several days). (But it worked as well, in several trials). I also had a decent response to Mirapex (primarily dopaminergic), but couldn't tolerate its side effects. I have not tried Effexor, because I typically can't tolerate ANY andidepressants, the ALL trigger hypomanic anxiety (even those known to cause low switch rates, like Wellbutrin, and the MAOI's). Anybody have any thoughts, ideas, comments??
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