Posted by TomG on August 18, 2005, at 18:51:26
In reply to Re: different types of schizophrenia???, posted by xbunny on August 18, 2005, at 17:42:41
I haven't tried sulpiride or amisulpride mainly because I'm in the U.S. I have found one Canadian source for amisulpride, but my doctor is the one standing in the way. I talked to Sanofi-Aventis offices in New York and London. The New York office said there was no plan to bring either to the U.S. and the London office said they may be able to provide it to me under 'special circumstances'. My psychiatrist hasn't ever heard of it if you can believe that. He won't go along with using a foreign drug, so I may have to go somewhere else if I am intent on using either one.
As for mirtazapine I'm hearing and reading more and more evidence of it being an effective augmenting med along with a neuroleptic especially for negative symptoms. I am kind of anxious to combine it with the 20mgs of Geodon that once worked for me. I have taken mirtazapine in the past alone, and it definately helped in reguards to motivation, but it didn't clear the mind and bring back emotion and rid apathy like the Geodon once did. I feel like I'm on the brink of finding an effective combination, but who knows what it will be. I just finished my second trial of Abilify reaching only 5mgs this time before the akathisia set in. The first time I started at 15mgs, and I was climbing the walls. Now I'm down to 1.25mgs Abilify, Wellbutrin XL 150mgs, and Seroquel 100mgs. Unbelievably, I take all that at night and sleep like a baby. I tried taking the Abilfy and Wellbutrin during the day and both made me sleepy. All these trials of meds with no results are really getting boring as if I'm not apathetic enough. Who knows?
Tom
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