Posted by Questionmark on May 13, 2004, at 9:16:19
In reply to RLS and OCD toghether please help find a med combo, posted by jjman on May 12, 2004, at 21:36:14
This is only a guess on my part-- i'm not sure. But i wonder if maybe a serotonergic med (an SSRI) combined with a 5-HT2 blocking med (such as mirtazapine or cyproheptadine) would be beneficial. i think that the antagonism of 5-HT2 receptors might prevent the aggravation of RLS from an SSRI. However, even if that is the case, i'm not sure if that would reduce the anti-OC effects of the SSRI. But try talking to your dr-- or another if he/she is unaware-- about this possibility. Good luck.
> I suffer from RLS (Restless Legs syndrome),OCD and major depression. In my case all ssri that i've tried (effexor ,celexa,paxil, risperdal)increase by 300 % my rls problem. Now I'm on wellbutrin but this med doesn't help much for depression and ocd, but it doesn't increase rls.
> My pdoc say that i can't take Mirapex for rls beacause of anxiety resulting of it and increase in ocd. I need an appropriate medication for those two diseases. Even my doc does not know what is appropriate for me. I'm only 24 years old and starting anti-parkinson med is not something that i want.
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> Please give some advices.
> Thanks.
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