Posted by SLS on February 5, 2009, at 14:07:04
In reply to Deplin (L-methylfolate) questions, posted by uncouth on February 5, 2009, at 11:48:25
> Hi,
> My doctor called me out of the blue yesterday, my second day of rTMS treatments (a shorter course than the full course I went through in October) to tell me he's calling in an Rx for Deplin 7.5mg.Interesting. He must be having some success with it. Or perhaps there is some new finding the rTMS will work better with it.
> He's never done this before so I figure he must think it's an interesting addition to my meds and that it may have some effect on me.
What drugs are you currently taking?
> I've been treatment resistant to a variety of ADs and augmentors, the best i've ever gotten is partial response
On which drugs? How would you describe a "partial response"?
> I'm curious if anyone is currently on Deplin, and what their experiences have been.
I was on Deplin for a number of months. I added to Nardil and nortriptyline. I felt an improvement during the first week that faded. After a few more weeks, I experienced a major improvement from Deplin. The thing is, the improvement faded gradually until I was left with nothing but nightmares. If you start getting nightmares of otherwise vivid dreams, I would suggest an experiment to cut the dosage in half. I hadn't thought to do that at the time. Maybe it would have kept working if I hadn't allowed the levels to build up so high.
Can Deplin induce a manic reaction? I'm not sure. Hell, if fish oil can do it, I wouldn't know of anything that would exclude Deplin from have such potential.
Do it. You have nothing to lose. No side effects for me except the eventual appearance of dreaming abnormalities.
Good luck!
- Scott
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