Posted by FrequentFryer on January 15, 2008, at 23:35:59
In reply to Tried it all... MAO's and Lithium as sole AD ?, posted by francineus on January 13, 2008, at 12:14:20
> I'm depressed, always have been, bad brain chemistry I guess. Tried almost everything except
> pill Maos and Lithium...
>
> SSRi's poop out or make me feel emotionless and sexless. Did wellbutrin (hyper/anxious), serzone, effexor...no real help. Starting to think NO pills Will. Did Thyroid, buspar, Cytomel as augmenters.
> Tried, Nortryp, lamictil, Emsam (really bad reaction)
>
> Now on 60mg Remeron...feels like a sugar
> pill. And klonopin .25 prn for anxiety.
> Only thing that helps a little is Ritalin or Adderall, which takes some of the suid. thoughts away and makes me productive, alert (and irritable )but at least I don't want to die as much when I take it. I just want to kill others!
>
> Think I may have dopamine sensitiv. bc/ fish oil made me agitated and EMSAM drove me through the roof.. Now doc wants to try Lithium.
>
> And I'm curious about Maos. and any other novel ideas. Would my horrible reaction to Emsam just be replicated with Nardil or Parnate or do they differ? Sorry for the long post. I feel like I'm running out of options. I have two young kids and so much to live for yet I just don't want to stick around if I have to feel like this forever.You have had all the same reactions as me (cept Nardil is working for me at the moment.
I would consider Nardil plus Bupropion if u havn't tried it and it dosn't raise your Blood preasure (and you can get it scripted) }, theoredically it could give a strong dopamine reaction with a little 5ht / Na boost.
People here People here have taken 90mg of Nardil with max dose of Bupropion without a bad interaction, so maybe a small dose of Bupropion so it dosn't make you anxious and stuffs up your sleep.
Or add a small dose of a primary NA tricyclic, that will give you a good sleep (if thats a problem and again should nicely increase your 5ht levels a bit) just keep an eye on your BP.
NA = Noradrenalin / 5ht = serotonin / BP = Blood preassure.Freq
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