Posted by nephron on May 9, 2004, at 9:35:26
I have a friend with depression- almost constantly since he was a child (6 or so). It's always there at least at a low level, but gets much worse from time to time.
He's taken sertraline/ citalopram and others from the SSRIs- none had any appreciable effect.
He tried Effexor but had projectile vomiting :(
He was taking moclobemide at 2x the recommended max. dose, which had no effect on the depression but was awful to get off.
Was taking Seroquel for sleeping and nightmares which seemed to be working pretty well but they took him off it because of the cost. He tried temazepam for sleep which made him groggy but didn't help with sleep.
He's currently taking lithium and sodium valproate. They don't seem to be having much of an effect but it's hard to tell.
He hasn't tried the tricyclics or MAOIs.
His psych seems unwilling to try new things- I was hoping some people here might have some suggestions to look into?
Sorry if this post doesn't make sense.
Thanks,
Sarah
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