Posted by Maxime on October 13, 2005, at 18:13:22
In reply to Re: SLS? Your input please. » Maxime, posted by SLS on October 13, 2005, at 11:18:44
Scott - i can't respond now but will soon. i'm barely here.
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> Trileptal is a good drug. I responded to it briefly. I have also had limited success with Keppra. Keppra might be worth a quick trial. You could remain on the other drugs you are taking. Dosages between 1000mg and 2000mg are recommended.
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> I forgot to ask about Parlodel (bromocriptine) along with the Mirapex and Requip. All three drugs are dopamine receptor agonists that can potentially help with depression, but also can also eliminate the lactation produced by other drugs. Unfortunately, there don't seem to be very many people for whom these drugs continue to improve depression for more than 6 months. After some period of time, a sizeable percentage of people experience the onset of somnolence or "sleep attacks". Still, it might be interesting to see if you respond to one of these drugs to be used as an augmentor of the others you take.
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> As has been suggested, Prozac is not a safe drug to mix with MAOIs. Although some of the traditional contraindications of MAOI drug combinations have been found to be safe, that of SSRIs and other SRIs is not. Serotonin syndrome is bound to occur. Worse still is the use of Prozac as an experiment. With a half-life of over a week, the sequalae of its combination with an MAOI would last days, not hours. When I experimented with an SRI and Parnate, I chose Effexor for its short half-life. If I were to experience a serotonin syndrome reaction, I was hoping it would be minor and short lived. The result of taking a single small 10-15mg dose of Effexor along with Parnate was indeed an episode of serotonin syndrome during which I was completely delirious and unable to rise out of bed for lack of muscle control. It lasted for about an hour.
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> How does one night's total sleep deprivation affect you?
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> - Scott
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