Posted by SLS on December 10, 2008, at 11:38:47
In reply to Re: To finish Neuroscience degree in psychology » SLS, posted by B2chica on December 9, 2008, at 11:41:05
You can prattle away all you want!
:-)
What I'm about to say is a bit of an overgeneralization, but, if you can stop the mania, you can stop the depression that follows. Most rapid cycling people follow the pattern:
normal -> mania -> depression -> normal
Cutting off the mania often cuts off the depression. It is a good place to interrupt the cycle. You might want to look into:
1. Add lithium and Lamictal.
2. Add Trileptal
3. Add Trileptal and Lamictal
I would recommend trying Lamictal if you haven't already. It can help buffer the switch from mania to depression. Lamictal has properties that seem to halt rapid-cycling when combined with lithium, but has no true anti-manic properties. I am hoping that Trileptal would be effective in place of lithium.
My doctor and his colleagues are of the opinion that there is a special therapeutic synergism between Wellbutrin and Lamictal when used in combination.
Just a few thoughts.
I am currently taking:
Parnate 80mg
nortriptyline 150mg
Lamictal 200mg
Abilify 20mgAbilify has a unique property that renders it a "smart-drug" (partial agonist at DA receptors), in that it "knows" when to act as an antidepressant and when to act as an anti-manic. It is sometimes labeled a dopamine system stabilizer (DSS). If you find Abilify intolerable, there is another DSS drug coming soon called asenapine.
Get well soon.
- Scott
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