Posted by Ritch on April 3, 2005, at 15:21:24
In reply to Re: switch to trileptal from lamictal? » Ritch, posted by ed_uk on April 1, 2005, at 10:47:10
> Hi Mitch!
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> >I don't want any SSRI's/Cymbalta/Effexor, that's for sure.
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> What would you choose? Do you respond to MAOIs?
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> Regards,
> Ed.
Hi Ed,Sorry, I missed this post entirely! I have never tried an MAOI. If moclobemide was available here in the US I would be willing to give that a shot.. but my depressions aren't that severe and I think I could do without the side effects from the conventional MAOI's. I'm not really sure what I would ask my pdoc about. I've tried nearly everything else already. I think the easiest thing would be just to add a little gabapentin for the summertime depression (that's worked before), and then just see if a light box will do for the wintertime one. I'm doing an *experiment* right now with taking only Depakote and clonazepam (with fishoil), and its working very well.. anyhow, I'm wondering if the summertime depression ... might not happen. Wishful thinking, but who knows? Since I've been off lithium since 1998, I've never tried seeing if my cycling would settle down during a high period on just antimanics, enough that a seasonal depression (summertime) could be "averted". If that works out.. I think the light box for winter, might just do the trick..
-- Mitch
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