Posted by yxibow on August 15, 2008, at 1:48:29
In reply to Re: i feel retarded, sick, posted by bleauberry on August 14, 2008, at 20:15:01
> Hey, I was just reading a case study where cops picked up and hospitalized an apparently psychotic person. He was in the hospital a long time failing one antipsychotic after another. Even Clozapine didn't help. That's when I thought of you. Anyway, not sure why, but they decided to add Memantine to an antipsychotic. The person improved remarkably.
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> You might consider asking your doctors for Seroquel again, except this time add Memantine to it, in the 20mg to 40mg range. I would guess you could do a rather fast crossover from what you are on now without much problem. If nothing else, it is something that has worked for someone else similar to you, and it is a whole lot safer than what you are on now. Nothing to lose and everything to gain, right? Might as well.
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> Memantine. Ask for it.
remember -- that's a case study, as in 1 person.I can't think of adding more than the recommended 20mg of Namenda to a drug regime, but then again I suppose it worked for this person.
As before I said, one really has to stay on an agent even if it doesn't seem like it is working initially -- haphazardly jumping from one agent to another may actually make it harder to fight things, but that's just a theoretical projection.
And while we all know you're miserable, telling yourself that you're "retarded" isn't going to help your psychological esteem. Also its kind of down putting to those who are mentally challenged, but that's another story.
-- Jay
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