Posted by cache-monkey on May 1, 2005, at 14:57:32
In reply to Re: sister on Seroquel, posted by mogger on May 1, 2005, at 3:19:24
Hi mogger,
Thanks for the info about the selegiline. It must be hard for you to watch your sister try various meds and have them poop out. I hope that the selegiline continues to work for her. I think the combo strategy is a good one for treatment resistant cases.
Has she tried augementation with a mood stabilizer before? I've heard that Lithium can be added in the event of poop-out with sometimes good results. Some psychiatrists believe that multiple poop-outs can be a sign of some sort of latent bipolar.
Anyway, my pdoc and I think I'm bipolar II with rapid cycling. Ups and downs that are a little, but not excessively, past the bounds of 'normal,' dysphoric depressions. Frequent fluctuations, but way more time spent down. My pdoc wants to find a good mood stabilizer before trying an antidepressant again. (I went hypomanic on a combo of Celexa+Wellbutrin.) This process is hard because I'm really down most of the time these days.
I'm on Depakote right now, and that isn't doing much for me. Plus my sleep is worse. That's kind of why I want to try Seroquel as a mood-stabilizer next. It's supposed to be good for sleep and work on depression and anxiety, in addition to mania. (Depakote's really just an antimanic as far as I know.)
Anyway, I'll definitely keep you and the board posted on my progress.
Good luck to your sister!
~cache-monkey
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