Posted by chemist on October 11, 2004, at 19:39:41
In reply to Re: HELP! carbon monoxide, self-cleaning oven chemist? » chemist, posted by AMD on October 11, 2004, at 14:26:01
hello again adam...i am of the mind that dulling with the atypical APs is not to your benefit, and i would suspect that the lamictal is the culprit for any cognitive dulling in the present case. however, the celexa seems a bit on the high-end of the dosing spectrum: i do not have experience other than a brief one with a low dose - if i recall, perhaps 20 to 40 mg for a few weeks, and that hardly qualifies in my mind as giving it a fair shake - and wonder if the celexa/lamictal combo is synergistic for hypomania? you'll have to ask the professionals about that, and i do believe that the high dose celexa has been mentioned on this board in my brief time here. check with the usual suspects. i am unaware of any added benefit from the zoloft at the dose level you report. if you want to clear the cobwebs, you might look into a cholinesterase inhibitor at a low dose, and i do recall some anectodal evidence in re: mood stabilization, although i will not go out on a limb on that one. and do listen to auntie mel, that electric range bake-out period can tarnish the air, and even more so if you fail to remove that thin sheen of plastic usually covering the surfaces inside and out, of glass.....be well, all the best, and do look into the celexa end of things......chemist
> Chemist,
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> Follow-up on the obsessions.
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> I can feel myself getting manic -- with the hyper obsession over this CO stuff, and now my mind racing a bit. Plus I am feeling a little depressed, unable to focus.
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> Well, I'm taking Celexa 80 mg and Lamictal 200 mg, all in the morning. My pdoc (highly respected in the field) added Zoloft, 25 mg, which I just started yesterday.
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> I'm wondering -- is this a good choice? He had also suggested Geodon or Seroquel. The problem is I've had pretty yucky reactions to Risperdal and Zyprexa -- both made me feel VERY cognitively blunted, and frankly just out of it -- and I'm a bit afraid of the atypicals now. I also tried Trileptal, which seemed to help at first, but left me feeling tired and absolutely slaughtered my memory and concentration skills.
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> Right now I feel "stupid" and thus although I have convinced myself it's not the CO, I can't figure out why. The depression?
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> Anyhow, do you know anything other than the SSRI's (of which I'm now taking two) that can level me out, make me think /more/ clearly as opposed to completely slowing me down, and work relatively quickly? Or am I asking for the wonder drug here? ;-)
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> Thanks for your input.
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> Adam
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