Posted by Chloe on August 9, 2002, at 19:17:02
In reply to Re:Results of ECT consult..more » Chloe, posted by Ritch on August 8, 2002, at 23:49:10
> Has your pdoc ever mentioned anything about going off one at a time until you are down to just ONE, and then getting the ECT?
Mitch
I have to just stop the 125 depakote and taper the neurontin during the treatments. I think I will be on Li and a TCA when it's over oh, and probably valium. My pdoc is a real fan of it for me for some reason...>Another thing: It seems that you have gotten rather unstable since you made the flip from amitrip. to trimip. (sorry!) and then to doxepin, do you think you were better off on the AMI? You seemed to be the most stable I have ever heard from you just before those last couple of changes. Also, I didn't realize that doxepin's half-life was that short (8 hrs?). I thought since it was another TCA, that it automatically meant *days*. I wonder if that could be the trouble?
Ami made me extremely irritable on a daily basis. I was ALWAYS short fused. I like Doxepin much better, the down fall is the short half life. I only get 5 hours sleep, the rest is just tossing around. I wish Dox had the half life of Ami. Dox has a nice antianxiety effect, too, but it wears off so quickly when I get used to the dosage increase.
>Do you think you could ever get down to something like lithium + thyroid?
One could only hope. But my body is so sensitive, I don't think I can get off these meds without some other intervention. The emotional pain is awful and at times I am not safe.>From personal experience with most of the antimanics, lithium has got the best antipsychotic activity without the EPS.
I totally agree.
Thanks
Chloe
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