Posted by blueboy on July 17, 2008, at 9:42:24
In reply to Name ONE ANTIDEPRESSANT, posted by B2chica on July 16, 2008, at 12:28:02
I'm bipolar and before I was diagnosed as such (pdoc's treated me for major depressive episode) tried just about every AD in the book. None of them worked, except for Nardil which put me in a steady hypomanic state.
Effexor and Wellbutrin were especially bad. I had bad seizures from Effexor and some sort of horrible reaction to Wellbutrin. Also, a higher dose of Prozac once put me into near-catatonia.
I'm trying Lamictal now and, while I haven't had startling or solid beneficial effects (I'm still titrating up, I started at 150mg today), at least there aren't any side effects.
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