Posted by ace on February 9, 2004, at 18:52:49
In reply to Re: ONLY REBOXETINE SUCCESS STORIES PLEASE!!!, posted by Chairman_MAO on February 9, 2004, at 16:44:47
> >By the way, your Roboxetine venture is a real joke. In my opinion, such norepinephrine reuptake would just trigger your comorbid anxiety.
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> I agree. I mean, there's always a remote chance just about anything will work for anything in the ill-defined psych world, but I think reboxetine for OCD is like using Wellbutrin for panic attacks.IMO 'OCD' per se doesn't exist and everyones symptoms have different aetiologies...
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> Why bother with reboxetine (which is probably best suited to those with drive-deficient, anergic states such as unipolar depression with ADD or melancholic depression) when there are so many other augmentation strategies that could work for you in treating OCD? One of these should work for you:
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> --Ever try clonazepam? Highly effective, especially with a serotonergic drug.Cant do it in Australia...
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> --inositol, up to 18g/day. Non-toxic and sometimes extremely effective for all sorts of depressive and anxiety disorders.FAR too expensive...
> --pindolol (7.5mg/day)
Might.
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> -- risperidone (2mg/day) and olanzapine (5 -10mg/day)My doc hates it. See, to those other posters my doc does do some things. And I prefer Olanzapine.
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> --amisulpride 200-600mg/day (300mg probably)
>Such a dose would run counter to nardil's actions on DA.
> --pimozide (but you dont want to take this unless you have to)
Too old for me!
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> and there are almost certainly others, but these are the ones I could think of/find after a trivial search that I don't think would interact with an MAOI. Even amphetamine has some chance of helping you. Reboxetine probably doesn't.
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> Best of luck.
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Thanks mate. Trust me, i have STUDIED for HOURS AND HOURS augmentation with Nardil.I still have a few things up my sleeve...Clonidine, Pindolol, Wellbutrin, High dose Zyprexa, and more...
But I have seen very good results with reboxetine...only here i see none...
Cheers,
Ace.
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