Posted by yxibow on June 2, 2009, at 21:46:20
In reply to Starting Namenda for OCD, posted by greywolf on May 28, 2009, at 5:12:37
> As many of you know, I have bipolar depression and serious OCD problems, mostly of an obsessional quality. I am currently taking Parnate 60mg/day, Cytomel 50mcg/day, Xanax 4.5mg/day, and Lunesta 3mg/day. This is for the depression and has no effect on the OCD.
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> I've tried all of the traditional meds for OCD, all of which were either ineffective or produced side effects that outweighed whatever limited benefit the med produced.
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> I recently read that UCLA studied 17 people for use of Namenda for the obessional aspect of OCD. The study was completed last year, but the report has not been issued. My doctor took the time yesterday to go over the description of the study with me and agreed to give it a try since Namenda is a relatively safe med.
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> So, now we've added 20mg/day Namenda to the med regime. I've read several posts here where people were taking Namenda for depression, but nothing regarding OCD treatment. I was wondering if anyone has taken Namenda for obsessional side issues and whether it helped.
Curious -- no, I have OC comorbid with a complex of other things, but Namenda when I reached 20mg caused a wierd breakthrough of the other complex symptoms.Didn't take it for the OC aspect, it was an attempt to improve my memory/attention.
Had to drop it.
It is in the NMDA category so in some rare cases it could cause psychosis. It's relative safeness.. mm... I guess I would say yes, but it does have some side effects for -some- people. Just like Deplin does.
But I wish you luck on it!
-- Jay
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