Posted by Emily Elizabeth on March 10, 2006, at 17:47:47
In reply to major depression med advice please, posted by valene on March 10, 2006, at 9:40:17
The key for you might be for a combo, rather than a single, magic bullet drug (although there are ups and downs w/ that approach as well). My problem is that everything would work for me a little, but not completely. So we kept adding. BTW, I have GAD and MMD. My current meds in the order that they were added:
Lexapro
Neurontin
Desipramine
Ambien
Dexedrine
LithiumThe Neurontin, Desipramine, and Lithium have helped the anxiety a lot. Also, Ambien has been really helpful w/ anxiety b/c inadequate sleep really increased my symptoms.
Pdoc and I think that the Lithium was the key in helping my MDD move to remission (fingers crossed, don't want to jinx it). In the next few months we'll look at weeding out some of the other meds.
If you and pdoc don't want to try Li, what about a TCA (e.g., desipramine)? They can help people who haven't found help w/ SSRI's.
Best,
EE
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