Posted by uncouth on November 22, 2008, at 12:29:34
In reply to Re: Parnate plus TIaneptine, posted by desolationrower on November 21, 2008, at 17:58:06
not sure waht the antidote would be, but i think if i downed a larger dose of abilify the 5-ht2a antagonism might help in an acute situation. obviously i'd go to the hospital too.
tried tianeptine briefly on its own. always had a slight positive effect, specifically with anxiety. but i'm treating tianeptine almost like I treat low dose lithium -- an important "supplement" that is proven to make actual morphological changes in neurons, especially with respect to stress. so i'm not looking at it for it's primary a/d properties, i figure parnate is my main line for that.
we'll see. i know this is a unconventional strategy, and im' taking a lot of meds (low dose lithium, low dose seroquel for sleep, high dose of parnate, low dose of abilify, and now tianeptine 3x/day, along with omega-3, NAC, B-vitamins, and occasionally l-tryptophan), but, by gosh, I am starting to FEEL BETTER.
may also add on a 100mg dose of lamictal after i spend a few weeks on tianeptine.
I figure as long as the drugs don't hit the same receptors, and don't have metabolic interactions, they should be relatively safe to combine as long as not specified otherwise. For someone very sick, and with BP2 diagnosis, I think it's important to be on (at least a low dose) of every category of drug (mood stabilizer, a/d, antipsychotic, hypnotic, potentially a stimulating agent) if other more traditional methods haven't worked.
If I want my brain actually healed, I need healing substances, and all chemicals heal different things in different ways, right?
BP2 is complex and hard to treat on the depressive side.
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